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BROADLEY,  ALEXANDER 
MEYRICK 


TITLE: 


ROYAL  MIRACLE;  A 
COLLECTION  OF  RARE 


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nss  of  Carlos  „.  after  the  battle  of  AVorc^ster  (Septem- 
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MIRACLE 

A  COLLECTION  OF  RARE  TRACTS,  BROADSIDES, 
LETTERS,  PRINTS,  ^  BALLADS  CO]>JCERNING  THE 
WANDERINGS  OF  CHARLES  II.  AFTER  THE  BATTLE 
OF  WORCESTER  (SEPTEMBER  3— OCTOBER  15, 165 1). 
WITH  A  PREFACE,  HISTORICAL  INTRODUCTION, 
APPENDIX,  BIBLIOGRAPHY,  AND  ]  LLUSTRATIONS 

:  :    By   A.    M-    BROADLEY    : 

AUTHOR  OF  «DR.  JOHNSON  AND  MRS.  THRALE,"  "CHATS  ON 
AUTOGRAPHS,"     "NAPOLEON      IN      CARICi^  TURK,"     ETC.      ETC. 


Post  Mortem  Patris  pro  Filio 
(Legend  on  Pontefract  Siege  Shilling  of  1 648) 


LONDON:    STANLEY  PAUL  &  CO. 

31    ESSEX    STREET,    STRAND  :  MCMXII 


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TO   MY   COMPANIONS 

IN  THE  Pilgrimage 
OF  September   3 — September  <),   191 1 

OVER   THE    ROUTE    FOLLOWED    BY 

King  Charles  II 

DURING    his   wanderings 

BETWEEN  September  3  and  October    15,   1651 

and    to    those    good    FRIENJ)S 
WHO    welcomed    the    PiLGR  MS 

at    Worcester    and    Brighton 

THIS   BOOK    is    inscribed 


Contents 


Preface 

Historical  Introduction 
White-Ladies   . 

-  -  w  «  • 

The  History  of  His  Sacred  Majesty's  Most  Woni.brful  Preservation 

The  Royal  Oak 

The  Royal  Patient  Traveller  ..... 

The  Wonderful  and  Miraculous  Escape  of  Our  Gracious  King 

Miraculum-Basilicon,  or  the  Royal  Miracle 

Claustrum  Regale  Reseratum  ..... 

The  Letter  of  William  Ellesdon  of  Charmouth  to  the  Earl  of 
Clarendon 

Captain    Gregory    Alford's    Narrative    of    twi    Adventures    of 
Charles  II  in  West  Dorset,  September,  1651    . 

Mr.    Robert    Phelipps's    Narrative    of    the    Occurrences    between 
September  25  and  October  15,  1651 

Song  of  Thanksgiving 

The  Last  News  from  France 

His  Majesty's  Miraculous  Preservation  by  the  C'ak,  the  Maid,  and 
Ship 

To  His  Sacred  Majestie  Loyal  Reflections 
Some  Other  Political  Broadsides  of  165 1-2 

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Contents 

APPENDICES 

The  Escape  of  Charles  II  from  Worcester 

The  Municipal  Accounts  of  Expenses  Incurred  at  Worcester 

Items  Relating  to  the  Battle  of  Worcester 

Charles  II  at  Brightelmstone 

The  "Miraculous  Divergence*'  of  September  23,  165 1 

The  Flight  of  Charles  II     . 

The  Carolean  Commemorative  Pilgrimage  . 

The  Alfords,  Ellesdons,  Wesleys,  and  Limerys 

The  Earliest  Parliamentarian  Account  of  the  Battle  of  Worcester  297 

Bibliography      ...... 

Iconography       .  .  .  .  . 


Index    . 


327 


List  of  Illustrations 

Charles  II  in  1 65 1.      From  the  engraved  portrait  by  Hollar  after  i\  braham  Diepenbeeck    Frontispiece 


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Charles  II  in  1651 

From  the  portrait  in  John  Gadbury's  «« Nativity  of  the  lat:  King  Charles"  (i6«q)  in 
possession  of  the  writer. 

Almanack  for  August,  September,  and  October,  165 1,  showing  the  phases 

of  the  moon  during  those  months.      From  the  origin,   in  the  British  Museum      . 

Collection  of  Loyalist  Badges,  etc.,  1 649-165 1 

Formed  by  the  writer  and  arranged  by  Messrs.  Spink. 
Plan  of  Worcester  in  165I.       From  an  engraving  of  .660  in  p-ssession  of  the  writer  . 

William,  Duke  of  Hamilton,  who  died  of  his  wounds  at  the  Commandery, 
Worcester,  September  12,  165 1,  and  was  buried  near  the  altar  in  the 
Choir  of  Worcester  Cathedral 

After  engraving  by  S.  White. 
Charles  II  as  a  boy.      From  the  rare  mezzotint  by  W.  Vaillant  in  the  possession  of  the  writer 

Charles  II  in  1651 

From  the  original  in  the  British  Museum. 

The  Tombstone  of  Charles  II  in  Westminster  Abbey         .... 

From  a  photograph  taken  by  permission  of  the  Dean  and  Chap  er  for  this  work. 

Title-page  and  Frontispiece  of  the  copy  of  "  Whiteiudies "  (1660)  in  the 
British  Museum 

Early  view  of  Whiteladies  and  Boscobel 

From  the  original  in  possession  of  the  writer. 

Pictorial  heading  of  the  unique  Broadside  of  1660  in  possession  of  the 
writer,  containing  one  of  the  first  accounts  publish  ed  of  the  adventures 
of  Charles  II  during  his  six  weeks'  wanderings  after  the  Battle  of 
Worcester 

The  Title-page  of  Danverd's  **  Royal  Oak*'  (1660) 

From  the  copy  in  possession  of  the  writer. 

Pottery  relating  to  the  Royal  Oak  and  the  Flight  of  CI  arles  II  . 

In  the  Willett  Collection,  Brighton  Museum. 

Title-page  of  one  of  the  two  copies  of  the  Miraculun-Basilicon  or  Royal 
Miracle  (1664) ' 

Now  in  the  British  Museum.  ••••.. 

The  Title-page  of  the  first  edition  of  Anne  Wyndham's  Claustrum  Regale 
Reseratum  (1667) ^    , 

From  the  copy  in  possession  of  the  writer. 

Giles  Strangways,  of  Melbury,  who  assisted  Charles  with  money  at  Trent 

From  the  rare  origmal  print  in  the  collection  of  the  writer. 


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Humphrey  Henchman,  d.d..  Bishop  of  Salisbury  and  London  (1592-1675)  • 

After  an  original  «epja  drawing  in  the  collection  of  the  writer. 

Portrait  of  Charles  II.  in  1 650 

From  the  contemporary  engraving  of  W.  Hollar,  after  the  deiign  of  Cornehui  Schut. 

MS.  Ground  Plan  of  Hele  House,  Wilts,  and  the  surrounding  grounds  as 
they  were  in  the  seventeenth  century         ...... 

By  permiision  of  the  present  owner,  the  Honble.  Louis  Greville. 

A  Roundhead  Broadside,  published  after  the  Battle  of  Worcester,  Novem- 
ber 6,  1 65 1,  by  Robert  Ibbitson,  London 

From  the  original  in  the  British  Museum. 

Broadside  published  by  Robert  Ibbitson,  London,  early  in  1652,  giving  a 
list,  with  portraits,  of  those  slain  or  taken  prisoner  at  Worcester, 
September  3,  165 1  ......••• 

From  the  original  in  the  British  Museum. 

A  Satirical  Broadside  of  165 1  ridiculing  the  treatment  of  Charles  II  by  the     230 
Scottish  Covenanters 

From  the  original  in  the  British  Museum. 

Charles  and  the  five  Penderels  .         .         .         •         •         •         •         ■ 

From  the  folding-plate  in  the  edition  of  '♦  Boscobel,"  published  in  1769  by  S.  Gamidge, 
Worcester. 

The  **  King's  House,"  Worcester,  in  the  eighteenth  century 

From  an  etching  executed  in  1861, 

The  Old  Deanery,  Worcester,  now  demolished 

From  an  eighteenth-century  engraving  in  possession  of  Mr.  F.  J.  Spackman. 

Proclamation  offering  ;^looo  reward  for  the  apprehension  of  the  fugitive 
King  issued  by  the  Parliament  on  September  lo,  1651 

From  the  original  in  possession  of  the  writer. 

"Stone  erected  by  the  writer  on  September  23,  190 1,  to  commemorate  the 
escape  of  Charles  II  and  his  companions  by  turning  out  'of  the 
Dorchester  Road  into  Lee  Lane,  Bradpole,  c-n  the  afternoon  of  Septem- 
ber 23,  1651,  since  known  as  the  "Miraculous  Divergence" 

Group  of  those  taking  part  in  the  "Miraculous  Divergence"  Episode  in 
the  West  Dorset  Pageant,  July  20,  21,  and  22,  191 1 

Sketch-Map  showing  the  course  of  the  flight  of  Charles  II  from  Worcester 
to  Brighton  and  Shoreham,  September  3-October  15,  1 65 1 

The  Carolean  Pilgrims  at  Whiteladies,  September  3,  1911 

From  a  photograph  by  Max  Fischer,  Worcester. 

Promissory  Note  signed  and  sealed  by  Charles  II  during  his  exile 

In  the  collection  of  the  writer. 

Dutch  Portrait  of  Charles  II  in  1 65 1 

After  the  engraving  by  Frederick  de  Wilt  in  the  British  Museum. 

Dutch  Portrait  of  Charles  II  cir.  1 650 

Engraved  by  Danckers  after  Hanneman.     In  the  collection  of  the  writer. 

Dutch  Portrait  of  Charles  II  in  1650-51 

From  the  original  in  the  British  Museum. 

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Preface 

ON  the  evening  of  September  23,  1889,  the  late  Sir  Augustus 
Harris  produced  at  Drury  Lane  a  lomantic  drama  entitled 
"The  Royal  Oak,"  of  which  he  and  Mr.  Henry  Hamilton 
were  the  joint  authors.  The  subject  was  not  a  new  one,*  as 
plays  dealing  with  the  same  theme  had  achie^ed  some  success  at  the 
"  Little  Theatre  "  in  the  Haymarket  both  in  1 7;; 2  and  1 8 1 1 .  The  date 
selected  for  the  first  night  of  the  Drury  Lane  c  rama  was  unwittingly  a 
felicitous  one,  for  it  was  on  that  very  day  in  1651  that  the  fugitive 
King  and  his  companions  had  avoided  capture  by  turning  promptly  out 
of  the  Dorchester  and  Bridport  main  road  into  Lee  Lane,  by  which  they 
reached  the  village  of  Bradpole  in  the  picturesque  valley  of  the  Asker. 
The  high  hedges  of  Lee  Lane,  broken  here  an  i  there  by  the  presence 
of  old  and  weather-beaten  oaks,  are  clearly  visible  from  the  house 
in  which  I  was  born,  as  well  as  from  the  windows  of  the  room  where 
I  am  now  writing.  In  1885,  my  friend,  Mr.  J  S.  Udal,  of  Symonds- 
bury,  had  contributed  to  the  Proceedings  of  th:  Dorset  Field  Club  a 
paper  on  the  subject  of  the  wanderings  of  Charles  II  in  West  Dorset, 
which  contained  a  great  number  of  new  and  interesting  facts  ;  but  it 
was  not  tiU  1897  that  Mr.  Allan  Fea,  in  his  Flight  of  the  King,  first 
identified  the  farm  still  known  as  "EllesdonV  situated  in  the  parish 
of  Monkton  Wyld  near  Charmouth,  as  « the  house  in  the  hills  "  where 
Charles  had  spent  the  afternoon  of  Monday,  Sept(;mber  22,  1 65 1,  the  day 
on  which  he  had  left  Trent  Manor,  near  Yeovil,  in  the  hope  of  effecting 

*  See  Bibliography,  p.  320. 
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his  escape  to  France  from  some  convenient  creek  on  the  Dorset  littoral. 
In  the  spring  of  1897,  before  the  appearance  of  Mr.  Fea's  book,  the  then 
Vicar  of  Lyme  Regis,  Canon  C.  Myers,  and  I  both  arrived  at  a  similar 
conclusion  as  to  the  important  part  played  by  "  EUesdon's '*  in  what 
has  often  been  described  as  "  the  most  soul-stirring  romance  of  English 
history."     The  satisfactory  identification  of  "  the  house  in  the  hills," 
doubtless   much   more   secluded   in    1651    than  it   is  in    1912,  was 
followed  by  that  of  Lee  Lane,  where  the  occurrence,  already  alluded 
to,  which  old  Thomas  Fuller  describes  as  the  "  Miraculous  Diver- 
gence," took  place  some  twenty-four  hours  later  than  the  conference  at 
"EUesdon's"  Farm.     It  was  undoubtedly  the  Drury  Lane  play  of 
September,  1889,  which  first  turned  my  attention  to  the  close  associa- 
tion of  West  Dorset  with  the  royal  adventures  of  September,  165 1. 
"  The  Royal  Oak "  was  staged  with  due  attention  to  both  historical 
and    antiquarian    detail  :     Mr    Arthur    Collins    (upon    whose    able 
shoulders  the  mantle  of  "Druriolanus  Imperator"  descended)  went 
down  to  Boscobel  in  search  of  local  colour,  and  the  part  of  Charles 
was  taken  by  the  late  Mr.  Henry  Neville,  with  Mr.  Henry  Loraine 
as  the  "Rev.  Melchizedek  Seek-and-Find "  and  Mr.  Harry  NichoUs 
as    "  Walk-in-the-way   Dear   Love,"    with    Miss    Fanny   Brough   as 
"  Patty  WoodrofFe  "  and  Miss  Winifred  Emery  as  "  Mildred  Claver- 
ing."     It  was  during  the  preparations  for  the  "  Royal  Oak  "  that  I 
made  the  acquaintance  of  Mr.  James  Penderel-Brodhurst,  the  lineal 
descendant  of  "  loyal  Humphrey  "  and  now  one  of  the  co-heirs  to  the 
Penderel  pension.     Between  1897  and  1901  I  succeeded  in  obtaining 
a  considerable  number  of  the  various  editions  of  the  Boscobel  tracts, 
and  my  interest  in  the  subject  was  confirmed  and  intensified  by  each 
new  discovery.     The  latter  year  was  the  250th  anniversary  of  the 
"Flight   of  the  King";    and   in  it,  on  the  23rd   September,  Mr. 
Penderel-Brodhurst   unveiled    the    rough    block    of   Bothenhampton 
stone  set  up  at  the  junction  of  the  Dorchester  Road  and  Lee  Lane, 
upon  which  passers-by  may  read  the  words  : — 

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King  Charles  II. 

escaped  capture  through  thi;  lane 

Sep  XXIII  MDCLI 

'*  When  midst  your  fiercest  foes  on  eveiy  side, 
For  your  escape  God  did  a  Lane  provide." 

Thomas  Fuller's  "  Worthies." 

Erected  Sept^  xxiii,  MDCCCCI. 


Shortly  afterwards,  commemorative  tablets  were,  by  public  sub- 
scription, placed  on  the  front  walls  of  "EUesdon's"  Farm,  the  "Manse" 
at  Charmouth  and  the  « George "  at  Broadv Windsor,  all  of  which 
places  are  associated  with  the  events  of  September  22-24,  1651.  It 
was  in  1901  that  the  idea  of  a  journey  by  road  "in  the  footsteps  of 
the  King,"  from  Worcester  to  Brighton,  the  beginning  and  the  end  of 
Charles*  adventurous  ride,  occurred  to  me.  Circumstances  postponed 
its  realisation  indefinitely  ;  but  I  continued  from  that  time  onwards  to 
collect  with  unabated  vigour  literary,  pictorial  and  artistic  matter 
of  every  description  relating  to  the  "Royal  Oak."  I  very  soon  dis- 
covered that  the  thrilling  story  of  165 1  had  fiscinated  others  quite 
as  strongly  as  myself.  Lord  St.  Leonard's  in  his  old  age  "extra- 
illustrated,"  or  grangerised,  a  copy  of  the  1766  <  dition  of  "  Boscobel  " 
into  a  huge  volume  of  elephant  folio  size.  This  book,  after  one  or  two 
intermediate  sales,  came  into  my  possession,  and  about  the  same  time 
a  copy  of  Whiteladies,  thitherto  described  as  uniq  le,  fell  into  my  hands. 
To  the  collection  of  books,  prints  and  autographs  I  now  added  that  of 
the  loyalist  badges*  in  various  metals  (many  of  them  decorated  with  the 
"Royal  Oak")  worn  by  the  sturdy  loyalists  of  1 649-1 660.  It  was 
soon  apparent  that  I  was  not  the  only  "Bosccbel"  collector  in  the 
field,  for  in  the  person  of  the  late  Mr.  Freder  ck  L.  Mawdesley  of 
Fulford  Cottage,  Dormans  Park,  Surrey,  I  hac.  an  enthusiastic  and 

Sec  p.  23,  and  illustration  facing. 
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successful  rival.  In  the  early  part  of  1909  we  compared  notes. 
Whilst  he  frankly  envied  me  my  JVhiteladies^  he  was  justly  proud 
of  the  rare  and  unpublished  broadside  "The  History  of  his  Sacred 
Majestie's  most  Wonderful  Preservation  after  the  Battle  of  Worcester," 
published  at  the  Turk's  Head,  Ivy  Lane,  in  1660,*  which  is  now 
reprinted  in  the  present  volume. 

Mr.  Mawdesley  had  somehow  overlooked  the  St.  Leonard's 
collection,  and,  like  myself,  had  long  sought  in  vain  for  Abraham 
Jennings'  Miraculum  Bast/ikon  of  1664  and  a  pamphlet  supposed  to  be 
entitled  "The  Five  Faithful  Brothers."  A  little  later  Mr.  Mawdesley 
died,  and  on  21  November,  19 10,  the  whole  of  his  valuable  Stuart 
library  was  sold  at  Sotheby's.  At  that  sale,  I  was  fortunate  enough  to 
secure  the  Turk's  Head  broadside  and  nearly  all  the  "  Boscobel "  books 
I  did  not  already  possess.  Feeling  that  the  search  after  Jennings* 
book  was  practically  hopeless,  I  arranged  for  the  transcription  of  the 
entire  workf  from  the  two  copies  in  the  British  Museum,  which  had 
hitherto  been  erroneously  described  as  imperfect.  A  careful  examina- 
tion of  the  "Boscobel"  items  in  the  Bodleian  Library  leads  one  to 
think  that  the  "  Five  Faithful  Brothers  "  pamphlet,  which  so  puzzled 
Mr.  Mawdesley,  is  in  reality  the  ballad  J  "The  Wonderful  and 
Miraculous  Escape  of  Our  Gracious  King,"  in  which  the  words  "  the 
five  loyall  &  faithfuU  Brothers  "  appear  conspicuously  as  the  sub-title. 

In  the  summer  of  191 1  a  West  Dorset  Pageant  was  held  at 
Bradpole.  As  might  be  expected,  the  "  Miraculous  Divergence  "  of 
September  23, 1 651, — beyond  a  doubt  the  most  interesting  and  important 
event  in  the  annals  of  the  village — was  selected  for  dramatic  representa- 
tion. §  It  was  played  with  remarkable  success  just  two  months  before 
the  260th  anniversary  of  its  actual  occurrence.  The  evolution  of  the 
motor-car  made  a  Carolean  pilgrimage  from  Worcester  to  Brighton  far 
easier  to  accomplish  in  191 1  than  ten  years  previously.  It  was  finally 
decided  on  before  the  West  Dorset  Pageant  was  over,  and  was  carried 
out  without  a  single  hitch  between  September  3  and  September  9  of  last 
year.    The  successful  excursion  will  always  remain  a  cherished  memory 

♦  See  p.  73.         t  See  p.  loi.         |  Sec  p.  109.         §  See  p.  265. 

14 


Preface 


with  all  those  who  took  part  in  it,  and  one  of  its  enduring  consequences 
is  the  publication  of  this  book,  which,  in  additioi  to  some  entirely  new 
information,  contains  several  tracts  and  broadsides  never  previously 
reprinted.  Before  the  Pilgrims  had  left  Worcester,  two  very  valuable 
papers*  dealing  with  what  we  may  call  the  first  stene  in  the  drama  were 
read  in  the  historic  Commandery,  where  "  Duke  Hamilton  "  died  of  his 
wounds  a  few  days  after  the  fight  of  September  3,1651.  They  evoked 
a  good  deal  of  discussion  ;  and  quite  two  mo  iths  later  a  native  of 
Worcester,  Mr.  Robert  Price,  now  settled  at  "  La  Nouvelle  Vigne," 
Hillary,  Natal,  wrote  home  of  the  pleasure  it  h  id  given  him  to  recall 
the  memories  of  the  timbered  dwellings  near  he  King's  House  (in 
one  of  which  he  had  lived),  the  old  custom  of  wearing  oak-leaves  on 
September  3,  and  the  bitter  significance  of  the  threat  "  off  to  Barbadoes 
you  go."  At  Brighton  a  serious  argument  arose  t  as  to  the  precise  posi- 
tion of  the  "George  Inn,"  where  the  last  arrangements  for  Charles  II's 
escape  were  made  on  the  evening  of  Tuesday,  October  14,  1651. 

^  It  has  been  deemed  expedient  to  maintain  as  far  as  possible  the 
original  form  and  spelling  of  the  various  items  selected  for  re-publica- 
tion,  concerning  which  further  information  will  be  ^iven  in  the  Historical 
Introduction.  Any  attempt  to  modernise  the  laiguage  would  destroy 
Its  old-world  charm,  without  materially  assistiig  the  reader.  The 
papers  read  during  the  Carolean  Pilgrimage  of  September  3-9,  together 
with  a  narrative  of  the  Pilgrimage  itself  and  its  itinerary,  are,  in  order 
to  avoid  confusion,  placed  in  the  Appendix. 

I  desire  to  express  my  gratitude  for  help  afforded  to  me,  either  in 
connection  with  the  Pilgrimage  or  during  the  preparation  of  this 
volume,  to  Dr.  Ede,  Dean  of  Worcester,  the  Rev.  Canon  Wilson, 
Mr.  Joseph  Littlebury,  Mr.  J.  W.  Willis  Bur  d,  f.s.a.,  Mr.  F  J 
Spackman  and  Mr.  R.  H.  Murray,  all  of  Wora  ster  ;  Mr.  and  Miss 
Brown-Westhead,  of  Lea  Castle  ;  the  Rev.  Canon  Carr  and  Mrs.  Brown, 
of  Boscobel;  Colonel  Bullen,  of  Catherstone  ;  Miss  L.  B.  Symes,  of 
Charmouth  ;  the  Rev.  W.  Jacob,  of  Lyme  Regis ;  Mr.  W.  J.  Peak- 
Mason,  of  Trent  Manor  ;  the  Rev.  T.  G.  Wilton,  Vicar  of  Trent ; 

♦  See  Appendices  I  and  II.  f  Sec  pp.  45-6. 

15 


Preface 

Mr.  A.  W.  Gerrard  ;  the  Hon.  Louis  Greville,  of  Heale  House  ; 
Mr.  Charles  Thomas-Stanford,  the  Mayor  of  Brighton,  Mrs.  Thomas- 
Stanford  ;  Mr.  Henry  W.  Roberts,  Director  of  the  Brighton  Public 
Library,  Museums  and  Fine  Art  Galleries ;  Messrs.  Richard,  Walter, 
and  Frederick  Harrison,  of  Brighton ;  Mr.  F.  J.  W.  Crowe,  Organist 
of  Chichester  Cathedral ;  and  Mr.  T.  M.  Woodhead,  of  Bradford.  In 
the  preparation  of  the  original  itinerary  of  the  Pilgrimage  invaluable 
aid  was  accorded  me  by  Mr.  Charles  G.  Harper,  our  greatest  authority 
on  English  roads,  and  Mr.  Bernard  Pendercl-Brodhurst.  Since  the 
execution  of  the  tour,  the  itinerary  has  been  carefully  revised  by  my 
friend,  Mr.  Alfred  Brewis,  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  himself  one  of  the 
pilgrims.  Much  valuable  information  has  been  given  me  by  Miss 
M.  L.  Arthur,  Mr.  J.  Horace  Round,  Mr.  James  Penderel-Brodhurst, 
the  Rev.  Canon  Mayo  (Editor  of  Somerset  and  Dorset  Notes  and  Queries)^ 
Mr.  T.  M.  Baker,  the  Rev.  F.  E.  Trotman,  Mr.  R.  R.  Conway  (a  de- 
scendant of  the  Cogans  of  Coaxton),  and  Mr.  P.  M.  Gainsford  Tombs 
(a  descendant  of  Charles  II's  host  at  Long  Marston).  My  publisher, 
Mr.  Stanley  Paul,  has  spared  no  pains  to  obtain  artistic  reproductions 
of  the  seventeenth-century  engravings,  and  I  am  specially  indebted  to 
Mr.  G.  L.  de  St.  M.  Watson  for  the  English  version  of  the  very 
crabbed  Latin  lines  below  two  of  the  contemporary  portraits  of  the 
youthful  hero  of  the  great  adventure  of  1651.  Since  the  greater  part 
of  the  text  of  this  volume  was  printed  the  whole  of  the  MSS.  of  the 
late  George  Roberts  (i 804-1 860),  the  historian  of  Lyme  Regis,  has 
come  into  my  possession.  This  has  enabled  me  to  add  an  important 
note  on  the  subject  of  the  Alfords,  the  EUesdons,  and  the  Wesleys  in 
the  Appendix.  Mr.  Roberts  clearly  shows  from  the  Lyme  archives 
that  Charles  II  revisited  the  scenes  of  his  West  Dorset  adventures  of 
1 65 1  in  the  summer  of  167 1.  At  the  last  moment  I  have  also  been 
able  to  insert  what  I  think  must  be  the  earliest  contemporary  account 
of  the  Worcester  fight,  written  only  a  few  hours  after  the  battle. 


A.  M.  B. 


The  Knapp,  Bradpole, 
May  I,  1912. 


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THE  fateful  year    1651    began   with  the  gloomy  ceremonial 
which  attended  the  Coronation  of  Charles  Stuart,, King  of 
England  Je  Jure,  as   King  of  Scotland  </«>««,  at  Scone. 
Born  at  St.  James's  Palace  on  May  :<),  1630,  Charles  II 
was  only  in  his  twenty-first  year,  but  he  had  already  sown  a  plentiful 
crop  of  wild  oats  both  in  France  and  Flanders,  i  -  not  in  England  as 
well.     The  astrologers  *  carefully  noted  that  he  came  into  the  world 
at  10.21  a.m.,  and  his  horoscope  in  consequence  sortended  a  chapter 
of  untoward  accidents,  the  most  serious  of  which  night  be  expected  to 
occur  m  the  years  re+o,  1642  and  1644,  when  he  saffered  from  attacks 
of  jaund.ce,  measles  and  scarlet  fever.     Still  more  serious  mischief  was 
foretold  for  1651,  and  both  in  the  dismal  Scotch  coronation  on  New 
Year  s  Day  and  the  disaster  at  Worcester  eight  moiths  later  many  saw 
the  fulfilment  of  those  forebodings  of  evil.     Wise  men  gravely  shook 
their  heads  when  they  read  that  "on  the  very  day  of  the   battel  at 
Worcester,  ,t  is  observable,  the  sun  was  in  Qua.  tile  to  his  Radical 
place.     Jup,ter  was  in  Quartile  to  the  Ascendant  of  the  Radix  ad 
gradum;  Mars  was  in  opposition  to  the  place,  and  Midheaven  ;  and 
the  Moon  ,n  square  to  Mars   &  Venus."     AH  this  was  written  in 
1659  when  the  fortunes  of  Charles  seemed  brighter,  and  the  seer,  with 
a  pardonable  disposition  to  hedge,  tactfully  concluded  his  examination 
of  the  royal  horoscope  by  sUting  the  obvious  fa:t  that  the  future 
must  bnng  ether  good  or  evil."     <■  If  it  hap  t„  prove  good,"  he 
continued,  « my  acquainting  the  world    therewith  might  render  me 

•  S«  Th.  Nc,M,y  ,f,k,  Lc,i  King  CM,,,  ,*,  by  Joh«  CWtory.      ,659. 
*  '7 


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dangerous  unto  the  powers  that  protect  me.     If  it  should  be  bad,  my 
publication  thereof  would  be  accounted  for  envy."     In  1659  prudent 
prophets  as  well  as  prudent  politicians  were  content  to  sit  on  the  fence. 
Both  in  the  years  1650  and   1651    broadsheets  were  published 
plentifully  in  the  interests  of  both  parties  to  the  great  quarrel,  which 
drew   the  attention   of  all   Europe   to  these   distracted  realms  and 
especially  to  the  gallant  young  prince,  who  lacked  neither  personal 
courage,  ready  wit  nor  good  looks,  and  was  engaged  in  a  desperate 
struggle  to  recover  his  father's  lost  throne.     These  curious  human 
documents  are  now  very  useful  aids  to  history-making.     At  the  com- 
mencement of  the   sixth   decade  of  the   seventeenth   century  peace 
prevailed  over  nearly  the  whole  European  continent.     In  France  the 
protracted  struggles  of  the  Frondeurs  were  gradually  coming  to  an 
end,  although  as  recently  as  January,  1649,  the  infant  King  Louis  XIV 
(the  son  of  Charles's  godfather  Louis  XIII,  and  his  junior  by  eight 
years)  had  been  compelled,  together  with  his  mother  Anne  of  Austria 
and  her  favourite  minister  Cardinal  Mazarin,  to  leave  Paris,  and  for 
a  time  wander  from  province  to  province  in  search  of  a  place  of  refuge. 
The  extent  of  the  interest  felt  in  the  supreme  effort  of  the  youthful 
King  of  Scotland  to  assert  his  hereditary  rights  on  the  other  side  of 
the  border  is  attested  both  by  the  number  and  the  character  of  the 
engraved   portraits*  of  him   published  at   this   juncture,   openly   in 
Holland,  and  secretly  in  England,  where  those  who  were  willing  to 
risk  both  life  and  fortune  in  giving  practical  expression  to  their  belief 
in  the  motto  Post  mortem  Patris  pro  Filio^  which  is  conspicuous  on  the 
Pontefract  "  Siege  Shilling"  of  1648-9,  were  far  more  numerous  than 
was  generally  imagined.     Of  the  fine  portraits  distinguished  by  the 
presence  of  symbolical  figures  and  accessories,  the  most  remarkable  are 
those  etched  by  W.  Hollar  after  Abraham  Van  Diepenbeeck  and  by 
the  same  artist  after  Cornelis  Schutf     The  first-named  forms  the 

*  See  Appendix  XI,  Iconography,  pp.  321-4. 

t  See  Appendix  XI,  Iconography,  pp.  323-4,  Nos.  18  and  28. 

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frontispiece  of  this  volume.  Under  each  of  these  portraits  are  some 
verses  in  the  crabbed  Latin  then  in  vogue,  rendeied  occasionally  more 
difficult  by  the  accidental  errors  of  the  letter-cngriver.  To  Mr.  G.  L. 
de  St.  M.  Watson  I  am  indebted  for  a  metrical  translation  of  the 
inscriptions  under  both  prints.  Below  the  Van  iDiepcnbeeck  portrait 
we  read  : — 

*'  To  the  Phoenix,  restored  to  life. 
To  the  Morning  Star,  putting  the  mists  to  flight, 
To  the  Sun,  utterly  abolishing  the  darknes  $, 
To  Charles  II  D.G.  King  of  Great  Britaii  &  Ireland— 

Heirs  winged  brood,  murk-steep*d,  doth  floe  the  Stars, 

And  grisly  Horror  shuns  the  Orb  of  Dav  : 
So  to  its  Stygian  bourne  the  Tribe  that  wars 

Is  beaten  back  by  Charles's  Scion's  ray. 

A  golden  Light  chanced  at  thy  birth  t'illuntC 

Apollo's  path,  and  thus  exalt  the  Sky  : 
So  may'st  thou,  Charies,  with  two-fold  flame  consume 

Thy  foes — and  then  thy  People  vivify !  " 

The  words  under  the  Schut  portrait  are  scarcely  less  flattering  : 

"  To  Charles  the  Second,  by  the  Grace  of  God  K.ing  of  Great  Britain 
France  and  Ireland ;   because   he  has  raised  to  a  hope  of  vindication  and  of 
glorification  the  down-trodden   dignity  of   Kingly  Majesty,   and   the  Country 
enslaved  to  an  odious  servitude—     To  His  Royal  Majesty  Tearful  England 
presents  herself  with  eternal  devotion. 

Stretch  forth  thy  vengeful  hand  in  kingly  Pride, 
For,  ah  !  a  fell  Beast  holds  me  in  its  thrall  I 
Justice  is  smitten,  Piety  scorn'd — o'er  all. 
Gold-greed  accurst  gnaws  at  Things  sanctified. 

The  Shaft  of  Kingship  in  the  dust  is  laid  : 
Still,  I  pray  Heav'n  my  Anchor  be  not  ta'en. 
Let  the  Beast  prove  the  armed  Subduer's  maia ; 
The  Avengers  lash  it  with  death-dealing  blade. 

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Bereft  of  thee,  all  hope  we  lack  ;  but  Jove 
Shall  bind  thy  brow  with  diadem  and  shall  thrust 
The  sceptres  fitly  in  thy  hands — so  trust 
His  fire-blent  bolts,  and  Pallas'  shield  above."" 

Many  of  the  portraits  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  executed  in  early 
boyhood  were  now  retouched  so  as  to  represent  him  as  he  might  be 
supposed  to  appear  when  he  turned  his  face  southwards  to  do  battle 
outside  the  walls  of  Worcester  with  the  victor  of  Dunbar — the 
formidable  Parliamentary  leader  who  figured  in  the  Royalist  broad- 
sides as  O.  C. 

The  compilers  of  the  two  contemporary  almanacks  for  1651 
which  I  have  consulted  were  evidently  stout  Parliamentarians.  One 
of  them,  at  any  rate,  like  the  astute  John  Gadbury,  must  have  been 
something  of  a  prophet,  for  he  heads  the  particulars  he  gives  of  the 
month  of  September  with  the  lines : — 

"  So/  first  apply s  to  friendly  Jove^  and  then  \sic\ 
To  cruell  Mars  (that  enemy  of  man) 
Whose  calid  Natures  close  heave q's  moistening-gate 
The  usuall  harvest  to  anticipate. 

Corn  ripes  apace ;  but  yet  there's  cause  to  feare 
Strong  winds  will  shake  the  heavie-laden-care." 

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September  had  evidently  already  proved  an  unlucky  month  for 
the  Royalists.  On  the  3rd  of  that  month  the  Scots  were  routed  the 
second  time  by  Cromwell  (1650)  ;  on  the  13th  Essex  died  (1646)  ; 
on  the  2 1  St  the  colours  of  the  defeated  Scots  had  been  hung  in 
Westminster  Hall  (1650);  on  the  24th  the  King's  forces  suffered 
defeat  at  Rowton  (1645)  J  o"  the  27th  Sir  John  Gell  was  sentenced 
by  the  High  Court  of  Justice  (1650);  and  so  forth.  The  illustra- 
tion of  the  almanack  for  August,  September  and  October,  1651,  now 
given,  shows  the  phases  of  the  moon,  and  may  prove  useful  to  those 
who  desire  to  follow  carefully  the  adventures  of  King  Charles,  from 

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dawn  on  Wednesday,  September  3,  when  he  surveyed  the  contending 
armies  from  the  summit  of  Worcester  Cathedral  tower  until  sunrise 
on  Wednesday,  October  15,  when  the  good  ship  "Surprise"  was  well 
on  its  way  from  Shoreham  Creek  to  the  coast  of  Normandy. 

It  is  presumed  that  the  reader  is  already  fam  liar  with  the  general 
details  of  the  fight  at  Worcester  on  September  3,  1651.  They  are 
sufficiently  set  forth  in  the  old  texts  now  reprinted,  and  are  lucidly 
explained  in  the  paper  read  at  Worcester  on  September  2,  191 1,  by 
Mr.  J.  W.  Willis  Bund,  f.s.a.,  the  learned  author  of  The  Civil  War 
in  Worcestershire.  An  important  point  as  to  the  whereabouts  of  the 
King  during  the  whole,  or  some  portion,  of  his  sojourn  in  the 
"Faithful  City"  has  also  been  discussed  by  Mr.  F.  J.  Spackman.* 
In  a  rare  little  volume  illustrated  with  rude  woodcuts  and  entitled 
"A  Narration  of  the  most  material  Parliamentary  Proceedings  of  this 
present  Parliament  &  their  Armies,  in  their  Civil  &  Martial  Affairs 
.  .  .  continued  until  this  year,  published  as  a  Breviary.  Printed 
for  Th  :  Jenner,  at  the  South  Entrance  of  the  Roy  il  Exchange  mdcli  ", 
will  be  found  the  following  early  contemporary  account  of  the  struggle 
spoken  of  by  the  Royalists  as  « a  black  disastei-,"  and  the  Round- 
heads (with  whom  Jenner  evidently  sympathised),  ;is  «  God's  Crownine 
Mercy":—  ^ 


"3  September  1651.  This  day  twelve  months  w 
but  this  day  hath  been  very  glorious  before  Worceste 
Lord  of  Hosts,  and  so  it  was  now.  The  Lord  of  Hosts  ha 
with  us;  the  same  signall  we  had  now  as  then,  which 
about  us,  yet  the  Lord  hath  clothed  us  with  white  Ga 
Enemy  they  have  been  bloody,  onely  here  lyeth  the  difF. 
our  work  was  at  break  of  day,  and  done  ere  the  mornii 
It  began  towards  the  close  of  the  evening,  and  ended  nc 
That  in  the  end  it  became  an  absolute  Victory,  deterir 
possession  of  the  Towne,  with  a  total!  Rowting  & 
Army,  the  number  of  persons   taken  is  neer   10,000,  i 

•  See  Appendix  I,  p.  233,  and  Appendix  II, 

21 


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of  the  Enemy,  but  of  all  our  side  not  above  200,  which  addes  much  to  the 
mercy.  My  Lord  Generall  did  exceedingly  hazard  himselfe,  riding  up  & 
downe  in  the  midst  of  their  shot,  and  riding  himself  in  person  to  the  Enemies 
forts,  offering  them  quarter  whereto  they  returned  no  answer,  but  shot;  let 
us  conclude  therefore  in  the  words  of  our  renowned  Generall,  The  dimensions 
of  this  mercy  are  above  all  our  thoughts,  it  is  for  aught  I  know,  A  Crowning 
mercy,  sure  if  it  be  not  such  a  one  we  shall  have,  if  this  provoke  not  those 
that  are  concerned  in  it  to  thankfuUnesse,  and  the  Parliament  to  do  the  will 
of  him,  who  hath  done  his  will  for  it,  and  for  the  Nation " 

"  The  Scots  King  beaten  at  fVorcester,  gets  into  a  hollow  tree,  remains 
there  a  night,  the  next  day  in  a  wood,  cuts  his  hair  short,  ships  for 
Havre  de  Grace  <2f  so  to  Paris, 

"Sir,  the  Scottish  King  came  hither  the  last  of  Oaober,  nnv  style,  and 
being  demanded  by  his  Mother  &  the  Duke  of  Orleans,  how  he  escaped 
the  Fight  of  Worcester,  gave  them  this  account. 

That  about  six  o'clock  in  the  evening,  his  Army  being  in  ail  likelihood 
beaten,  he  quitted  Worcester  Towne  with  a  party  of  horse,  and  marched 
towards  Lancashire,  but  being  fearfuU  of  being  pursued;  and  likewise  of  some 
of  the  Scottish  officers  that  might  deliver  him  up,  he  with  my  Lord  Wiltmt 
quitted  their  horses,  sent  the  party  of  horse  upon  their  march,  and'  betook 
themselves  the  second  dayes  march  from  Worcester  into  a  Tree,  where  they 
remained  untill  night,  and  then  marched  on  foot  that  night;  the  third  day 
they  took  Sanctuary  in  a  Wood,  and  night  approaching,  marched  on  towards 
Lancashire,  where  they  were  received  by  a  Lady,  who  furnished  them  with 
Cloathes  for  a  Disguise,  &  cut  off  their  haire  very  short.  Having  reposed 
two  or  three  days,  the  Lady  resolved  to  endeavour  to  ship  them  out  of 
England;  to  which  purpose,  she  riding  behind  the  King,  and  Wilmot  as 
another  servant  by,  they  went  to  Bristol,  but  finding  a  narrow  &  hot 
inquiry  there,  resolved  to  goe  for  London,  where  they  stayed  three  weeks. 
The  King  one  day  went  into  Westminster  Hall;  where  he  saith  he  saw  the 
States- Arms,  and  Scots  Colours;  my  Lord  Wilmot  procured  a  Merchant  to 
hire  a  ship  of  forty  tuns  to  transport  thera,  which  cost  them  a  hundred  and 
twenty  pounds,  but  where  they  took  shipping  is  not  yet  knowne;  but  as 
soon  as  my  Lord  was  entred  the  Barque,  and  the  King  as  his  Servant,  the 
Master  of  the  Vessel  came  to  my  Lord,  and  told  him.  That  he  knew  the 
King,  and  told  him,  that  in  case  it  should  be  knowne  he  could  expect  no 
mercy,   which    saying    troubled    them,    But    at    length,   what    with    money    & 

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promises,  they  prevailed,  and  so  set  saile  for  Havre  de  Grace,  where  they 
landed,  and  from  thence  to  Rouen,  where  they  cloth<;d  themselves,  and  writ 
to  Paris. 


Here  we  have,  in  all  probability,  the  first  version  of  the  legend 
of  the  Royal  Oak,  destined  nine  years  later  not  only  to  achieve 
immortality,  but  to  enter,  for  all  time,  into  many  phases  of  social 
life.  Between  1651  and  1660  the  Monarch  of  the  Forest  became 
the  latest  and  most  approved  emblem  of  loyalty,  and  figured, 
together  with  some  appropriate  motto,  on  the  badges  secretly  worn 
by  the  faithful  followers  of  the  King  in  exile.  * 

The  curious  account  of  Worcester  figh:  given  by  Thomas 
Fuller  in  his  Worthies  of  England  was  evidentl}'  penned  long  before 
its  publication  in  1662,  after  the  death  of  the  author.  Broad- 
windsor  in  Dorset  played  an  important  part  in  the  history  of  the 
Royal  wanderings  ;  and  the  King's  escape  them  during  the  night  of 
September  23-4  is  little  less  miraculous  than  his  preservation  in  the 
Boscobel  Oak  (September  6)  or  the  sudden  inspirition  which  led  him  to 
turn  from  the  Dorchester  Road  into  Lee  Lane  (September  23).  Fuller 
became  Vicar  of  Broadwindsor  in  1634,  and  never  seems  to  have 
resigned  the  benefice  till  his  death  on  16  Au|just,  1661.  In  165 1 
he  was  an  absentee,  his  place  being  filled  by  John  Pinney. 
Fuller's  son,  who,  in  1662,  inscribed  the  Worthies  to  Charles  as 
"Your  Majestie's  meanest  subject,  the  Authors  Orphan,"  was  born 
at  Broadwindsor  in  June,  1641.  It  is  thus  that  Thomas  Fuller 
speaks  of  the  "Fatall  Fight"  of  September  3,   1651  :— 

"Many  sharp   Skirmishes  have   happened  in   this    County^   and 


See  Illustration,  p.  23.  About  twenty  of  thfse  badges  are  in  the  possession  of  the 
writer.  On  one  of  them  is  a  crowned  bust  of  the  King  in  profile  to  the  right  and  the 
words  CaroluR  Secundus,  while  the  reverse  shows  three  crow  is  in  the  branches  of  1  leaf- 
less oak,  with  the  sun  bursting  from  the  clouds  above  th;m,  and  the  motto  Tandem 
Rtviretcit.     A  token  on  similar  lines  was  also  issued  by  L.  G.  Lauffer,  of  Nuremberg. 

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near  this  City,  We  onely  insist  on  that  Fatall  Fight^  September  the 
third ^   1 65 1. 

"Know  then  (as  Introductory  thereunto)  that  His  Majesty  on  the 
first  of  August  foregoing  began  his  March  from  Edinburgh  into 
England^  not  meeting  with  any  considerable  Opposition,  (those  at 
Warrington  being  soon  put  to  flight  by  his  presence,)  until  he  came 
to  Worcester:  His  Army  consisted  of  twelve  thousand  effectuall  Fighting 
men  (whereof  two  thousand  English^  the  rest  of  the  Scottish  Nation) 
but  neither  excellently  Armed,  nor  plentifully  stored  with  Ammuni- 
tion, whilst  the  Parliament  Forces  under  Cromwell  more  than  doubled 
that  Number,  wanting  nothing  (but  a  Good  Cause)  that  an  Army 
could  wish  or  desire. 

"The  Royalist  Cheifest  Strength  consisted  in  two  Passes  they 
possessed  over  the  River  of  Severn^  which  proved  not  advantagious 
according  to  expectation  :  For  the  enemy  found  the  River  Fordable 
elsewhere ;  and  the  Bridge  &  Pass  at  Vptorn  \sic\  though  valiantly 
defended  by  Major  Generall  Massey^  (who  received  a  shot  in  his 
hand)  was  forced  by  Lambert  powring  in  unequall  Numbers  on  the 
King's  Forces.  Besides  Cromwell  finished  a  Bridge  of  Boards  & 
Plancks  over  the  main  river  with  more  Celerity  and  less  Resistance^ 
than  could  have  been  expected  in  a  manner  of  such  importance. 

"Then  began  the  Battle,  wherein  His  Majesty  to  remember  his 
subjects  Good^  forgot  his  own  Safety^  and  gave  an  incomparable  example 
of  Valour  to  the  rest  by  Charging  in  his  Own  Person.  This  was 
followed  by  few  to  the  same  degree  of  danger,  but  imitated  in 
the  greatest  measure  by  the  Highlanders,  fighting  with  the  5a/-ends  of 
their  Muskets,  when  their  Ammunition  was  spent.  But  new  supplies 
constantly  Charging  them,  and  the  Main  Body  of  the  Scotch  Horse 
not  coming  up  in  due  time  from  the  City  to  His  Majesties  relief, 
his  Army  was  forced  to  retreat  in  at  Sudbury-gate,  in  much 
disorder. 

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in  some  Persons  of  Principall  Trust ;  as  they  have  had  a  great 
space  reasonably^  God  grant  them  his  Grace  sincerely  to  repent,  for 
their  Treacherous  retarding  the  happiness,  pro  onging  &  increasing 
the  Miseries  of  a  Gracious  King  and  three  great  Nations,  Sure  it  is, 
here  were  slain  the  Flower  of  the  Scottish  Lvyal  Gentry,  with  the 
most  Illustrious,  IVilliam  (formerly  Earl  of  Lanerick)  Duke  of 
Hamilton,  As  for  Common  Souldiers,  some  few  who  escaped  had  a 
longer  life  to  have  a  sadder  death,  wandring  in  the  Country  till  other 
mens  Charity  &  their  own  Strength  failed  them. 

"  Since  how  God  hath  conducted  His  Majesty  miraculously 
through  Laberynths  of  many  Difficulties,  to  the  Peaceable  Possession 
of  His  Throne,  is  notoriously  known  to  the  wonder  of  the  world. 
Here  my  Muse  heartily  craveth  leave  to  make  ;m  Honorable  address 
to  His  Majesty  Depositing  at  his  feet  the  ensuing  Panegyrick. 


I 

At  Worcester  great  Gods  goodness  to  the  Nation 
It  was  a  Conquest  Your  bare  Preservation, 
When  'midst  Your  fiercest  foes  on  eve  y  side 
For  your  escape  God  did  a  LANE  pre  vide ; 
They  saw  You  gone,  but  whether  could  not  tell, 
Star-Staring,  though  they  ask'd  both  H'aven  &  HelL 


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Your  SELF'S  the  Ship  return'd  from  Jorreign  Tradings 
England's  Your  Port,  Experience  the  L,iding, 
God  is  the  Pilot;  &  now  richly  fraught, 
Unto  the  Port  the  Ship  is  safely  brouglit : 
What's  dear  to  You,  is  to  Your  Subjec:s  cheap, 
You  sow'd  with  pain,  what  we  with  pleasure  reap. 

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The  Good-made  Laws  by  you  arc  now  made  Goody 
The  Prince  and  Peoples  right  both  understood, 
^  Both  being  Bank'd  in  their  respective  Station, 

No  fear  hereafter  of  an  Inundation. 
Oppression,  the  KING'S-EVIL,  long  indur'd 
By  others  caused,  by  YOU  alone  is  cur'd." 

The  visitor  to  Worcester  will  certainly  find  that  the  outward 
and  visible  signs  of  the  events  of  September,  1651,  are,  after  the 
lapse  of  over  two  centuries  and  a  half,  more  abundant  than  he 
would  expect.  The  Commandery,  a  few  paces  beyond  the  buried 
remains  of  one  of  the  towers  of  Sidbury  Gate,  retains  most  of  the 
features  it  possessed  when  that  gallant  gentleman  William,  Duke  of 
Hamilton,  was  brought  there  to  die  ;  traces  of  the  "  clap-gate  '*  through 
which  Charles  got  once  more  outside  the  walls  to  set  out  on  his  six 
weeks'  wanderings  are  still  discernible ;  portions  of  the  city  wall  have 
survived  both  the  "  slighting  "  of  the  Cromwellians  and  the  ravages  of 
time,  and  the  outlines  of  "Fort  Royal"  are  carefully  preserved  by 
their  new  owner.  Mr.  F.  J.  Spackman,  the  energetic  Secretary  of 
the  Worcestershire  Naturalists'  Club,  makes  out  a  good  case  in  favour 
of  the  King  having  inhabited  the  now  demolished  Deanery  during  the 
latter  part  of  August,  1651,*  but  he  cannot  altogether  convince  Mr. 
Willis  Bund  that  such  was  the  fact.  The  latter,  however,  is  disposed 
to  admit  that  an  officers'  mess  on  a  large  scale  must  have  been  located 
in  the  Guesten  Hall,  which  in  1651  formed  part  of  the  old  Deanery 
(formerly  the  Prior's  house)  on  the  southern  side  of  the  Cathedral. 

The  Prior's  House,  to  which  the  Guesten  Hall  was  attached,  was 
built  in  1225  by  William  de  Bedeford,  the  twenty- third  Prior.  At 
the  Reformation  it  was  allotted  as  a  residence  to  the  Dean.  There  is 
a  full  description  of  it  in  the  Parliamentary  Survey  made  a  year  before 

*  Sec  Appendix  II,  p.  248. 
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the   Battle   of  Worcester.     It   was   pulled    down   in    1845,  and   an 

arrangement  was  made  for  the  Dean  to  occupy  t  le  old  episcopal  palace 

to  the  north  of  the  Cathedral,  the  Bishop  taking  up  his  abode  at 

Hartlcbury  Castle.     Mr.  Spackman  observes  that : 

"  The  Deanery  (Priory)  would  be  in  every  way  ihe  most  convenient  place 
in  Worcester  in  which  the  King  could  lodge.  It  wai  commodious.  Not  only 
the  King,  but  his  staff  ofl&cers  also  could  find  quarters  there.  There  was  ample 
accommodation  for  stores.  The  main  entrance  to  it  was  guarded  by  the  Edgar 
Tower,  a  gate-house  built  by  King  John  in  1 204,  aid  still  existing.  It  was 
within  a  short  distance  of  the  Sidbury  Gate  which  was  overlooked  by  the  Fort 
Royal.  That  building  therefore  would  be  very  convenient  for  the  King.  It 
would  even  be  more  convenient  than  the  Bishop's  Palace.  It  would  be  better 
guarded.  It  would  be  nearer  the  Sidbury  Gate,  and  \«rould  have  an  alternative 
approach  which  the  Bishop's  Palace  would  not  have." 

Quite  apart  from  the  vexed  question  of  the  Deanery  as  opposed 
to  the  generally  accepted  "  King's  House  "or  *  Lodging  "  in  connec- 
tion with  King  Charles's  fortnight's  stay  in  Worcester,  the  accounts 
brought  to  light  by  Mr.  Spackman  are  exceeding ;ly  interesting. 

An   entry  of  1665   refers  to  a  charge  made  for  wine  on    the 

occasion  of  a  visit  paid  to  Worcester  by  the   brothers  Penderel,  the 

heroes  of  the  Royal  Oak,*  who  were,  it  seems,  st  mptuously  entertained 

at  the  Guildhall.     The  name  is  usually  spelled  as  now  given,  but  in 

the  Worcester  archives  it  is  shortened  to  "I'enrell."t     Mr.  James 

Penderel-Brodhurst,   one  of  the   co-heirs  to   the    Penderel  Pension, 

secured  to  the  descendants  of  the  "  Faithful  Brothers  "  in  perpetuity 

by  Charles  II  after  the  Restoration,  says  :  "  It    s  not  the  fact  that  all 

contemporary   documents    spell   the    name   *P<mdrill.*     The    Letters 

Patent  give  it  as  Pendrell,  and  that  is  the  official  spelling  of  the 

*Pendrell  Trust.'     But   Blount,  who  wrote  the  principal  *  Boscobcl 

*  See  Appendix  II,  p.  249. 

t  Mr.  Charles  Pendrill  of  Brockley,  who  claims  descent  from  William,  the  eldett  of 
the  **  Faithful  Brothers,"  insists  strongly  on  the  correctness  of  his  own  version  of  the  family 
In  support  of  his  contention  he  points  to  the  fact  that  it  is  so  given  in  contemporary 


name. 


documents,  but  on  the  fly-leaf  of  a  copy  of  Gamidge's  Bo.cobel  (Worcester,  1769)  it  it 
written  Pendrell. 

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Tract'  in  1660,  gives  it  as  Penderel,  and  it  seems  that  is  the  most 
defensible  form.  The  name  has  even  been  spelled  'Panderel,*  and 
I  have  heard  people  in  Staffordshire  pronounce  it  that  way,  just  as 
the  rustics  in  the  neighbourhood  still  say  *  Bascobel,'  and  on  William 
Penderel's  tomb  at  Whiteladies  we  have  it  as  *  Baskabell.* "  Mr. 
Penderel-Brodhurst  and  his  son  Mr.  Bernard  Penderel-Brodhurst 
were  both  present  at  Whiteladies  and  Boscobel  on  September  3,1911.  It 
is  interesting  to  not*;  that  descendants  of  all  the  six  original  pensioners 
are  still  in  receipt  of  the  modest  income  secured  to  them  by  the 
central  figure  of  the  adventures  of  September  3-7,   1651.=*^ 

Mr.  J.  W.  Willis  Bund  has  given  me  the  following  information 
as  to  the  burial  of  William,  Duke  of  Hamilton,  who  died  of  the 
wounds  he  had  received  on  September  3  at  the  Commandery,  now  in 
possession  of  Mr.  Joseph  Littlebury.  «  The  body  of  the  Duke,"  he 
writes,  "  appears  to  have  been  wrapped  up  in  lead  just  as  if  it  had  been 
rolled  round  with  sheet  lead  or  lead  paper,  and  you  could  see  that 
it  was  a  corpse  wrapped  up.  It  was  placed  in  this  state  in  a  grave 
dug  in  the  Cathedral  on  the  north  side  of  the  altar,  and  within  the 
rails.  There  was  no  coffin.  The  body  thus  wrapped  up  was  seen 
during  some  excavations  made  on  the  spot,  and  a  piece  of  the  leaden 
wrapping  broken  off  by  a  pick-axe."  No  monument  to  this  gallant 
soldier  exists  at  Worcester,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  Dean  and 
Chapter  will  see  their  way  to  allow  this  strange  omission  to  be  repaired. 
We   now  come  to   the  episode   of  the   Royal   Oak,   which   has 

n    V   '/"^^  Penderel  Pensions  in  19 12  are  thus  ^.^^^xixontA-.— Descendants  of  William 

T  xi       r'^      ^^'°'''°  ^'''''  ^"-   "'^'^'^   ^^^y  Walsh,  Mrs.  Ada  Alice  Helen 

Jones,  Mrs.  Frances  Emily  Pring,  Mrs.  Nelly  Crosby  Price,  Mrs.  Agnes  Ann  Yeomens, 
Mr.  William  R,ce.  Descendants  of  John  Penderel:  Miss  Florence  Penderel,  Robert 
MacLaren  Descendants  of  Humphrey  Penderel:  Mr.  James  Penderel-Brodhurst,  Mr 
John  Ambro^  Penderel-Gould.  Descendants  of  George  Penderel:  Mr.  George  Washington 
Penderel,  an  American  cmzen.  <Descendants  of  Francis  Tates:  Mrs.  Frances  Julie  Florence 
Greenwood  ;  Dr.  Thomas  Walker  of  New  Brunswick.  Mrs.  Emily  Andrews  and  C.  E. 
Adlam.  The  late  M  Waddington,  French  Ambaasador  at  the  Court  of  St.  James's, 
was  also  a  Penderel  descendant.  *mc»  », 

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exercised  so  powerful  a  fascination  over  the  minds  of  men  and  women 
in  every  station  of  life  all  over  the  world  ever  since  its  occurrence, 
or,  at  any  rate,  from  the  time  when  the  Restoratioi  of  1660  made  the 
concealment  of  Charles  by  the  Penderels  the  subject  of  ballads  and 
broadsides     innumerable.       Not     only    have     editions     of    Blount's 
"Boscobel"  appeared  at  intervals  during  the  whole  of  the  eighteenth 
and    nineteenth  centuries,  but  at  least  three  co  lections  of  kindred 
publications   relating    to    the  various    incidents    associated    with    the 
"  Flight  of  the  King "  have  achieved  considerable  success.     The  first 
edition  of  Mr.  Allan  Fea's  *  interesting,  but  by  r.o  means  exhaustive, 
work,  although  produced  as  recently  as  1 897,  is  new  out  of  print.    Mr. 
Fea  of  necessity  left  a  large  number  of  contemporary  tracts  and  broad- 
sheets— amongst  them  Whiteladies^  the  Miraculum  Basili\on,  the  Turk's 
Head  broadside  and  a  number  of  interesting  balads — still  to  be  re- 
published.   It  is  in  the  fugitive  verses  of  1660,  stilted  in  style  and  for 
the  most  part  fulsome  in  their  exuberance,  that  the  oult  of  the  Royal  Oak 
is  most  strongly  reflected.  The  veritable  deluge  of  3oscobelian  literature 
which  signalised  the  year  of  the  Restoration  and  that  of  the  sub- 
sequent Coronation,  makes  me  think  that  much  of  it  must  have  been 
prepared    beforehand   with   a   view   to  its    use    it    the    psychological 
moment,  for  some  time  felt  to  be  inevitable.     Sij*  William  Davenant's 
"Poem    upon   his   Sacred    Majestie's    Most    Hsppy   Return    to   his 
Dominions,"  was  printed  in   1660  for  Henry  Herringham  and  sold 
in  the  shop  at  the  "  signe  of  the  Anchor  on  the  Lower  Walk  in  the 
New  Exchange."     In  it  we  find  the  following  lines  : — 

"The  honour  you  near  Severn's  Banks  obtained. 
Did  make  the  Victors  lose  by  what  the}  gain'd, 
When  you  reclaim'd  their  malice,  who  \/ith  shame 
Blush't  that  they  kept  your  Realms^ 

Yet  gave  you /cnu." 

*  See  Bibliography,  pp.  308-9. 

t   Tie  Flight  of  the  King^  by  Allan  Fea.     John  Lane,  The  Bodley  Head,  London 
and  New  York,  1897. 

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The  Royal  Miracle 


William  Pendercl  quickly  became  one  of  the  heroes  of  the  hour, 
and  was  feasted  at  Whitehall  as  sumptuously  as  at  Worcester.  Under 
a  very  rare  portrait  of  him  now  in  the  Sutherland  Collection  at  Oxford 
were  these  verses  :— 

"  The  Royal  Oak 

His  face  you  see.  Now  breifly  heare  the  To  shelter  that  great  Prince  with  Rage 

^«s^i  pursu'd 

How  well  he  serv'd  his  Prince  in  flight  The  Natthook  reaching  up  his  Homely 

distress'd  f^^^ 

Twas  He  whose  Houshold  did  Combine  Supply'd  the  want  of  Waiters  standing 

In  Pious  Care  to  save  the  Royal  Line  Bare  : 

An  Oake  was  thought  most  safe,  from  While  busie  Wife  &  ChUdren  standing 

what  could  prove  garJier  wood 

More  luckie  that  the  sacred  tree  to  Jove  To  dress  the  sheep  prepar'd  for  Better 


See  where  the  Hen-roost  Ladder  stands 
by  that. 

The  Mighty  Monarch  climb'd  the  Boughs 
of  State 

Where  Noble  Carlos  lent  his  Manlike 

knee 
The  last  support  of  fainting  Majestic, 


food 

Thus  many  Oakes   defend  the  British 

Maine 
But  one  preserv'd  the  British  Sover- 

AIGNE 

Pendrill  thy  name  will  shine  in  History 

AnH  ^^o^      i   T         •      "       '       ^"ghter  then  their's,  whose  hopittal'ity 

sh^ud''  '"'  ^^'  '^'  °°^^^     Disguised  Deitys  hath  entertayn'd 

for  there  was  reall  t'other  Poets  faynd." 

On  August  1 6,  1660,  one  Rachel  Jevon  presented  to  King  Charles 
with   her  own  hand   a  copy  of  her   Exultationis   Carmen.      In  it   the 
shady  woods  &  groves  "  are  invited  to  disport  themselves  on  seeing 

"•  •  •  •  ^^^  Royal  Oak  to  them  advance 
While  Nymphs  resound.  O  thrice,  thrice  happy  they  ' 
Who  have  the  Honour,  their  faint  limbs  to  lay 
Under  the  shadow  of  th'  illustrious  Oak 
Expanded,  to  depell  from  Saints  the  Stroak 
Of  Tyrant  Tempests.  .  .  ." 

Several  other  ballads  are  now  reprinted  from  the  contemporary 

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broadsheets  in  the  British  Museum  and  the  Bodleian  Library.*    In 
one  instance  the  text  has  been  translated  from  the  German,  f 

There  was  little  or  nothing  in  common  between  the  dashing  cavalier 
of  1 65 1  and  the  selfish,  pleasure-loving  King  of  i6<)0  and  after.  The 
popularity  of  the  Royal  Oak,  however,  proved  more  enduring  than 
that  of  the  sovereign  who  found  safety  amongst  its  foliage.  As  late  as 
1683  we  come  across  "7%^  Triumphs  of  Royalty  in  tie  Person  of  King 
Charles  II.  A  poem  by  Thomas  Heynes.  Printed  for  fV  Freeman, 
over  against  the  DeviPs  Tavern  near  Temple  Bar*'     Heynes  writes  : — 

**  Blessed  be  the  Oak,  let  it  for  ever  be 
Like  Aaron's  holy  Rod  a  budding  Tr;e. 
Which  for  this  hour  within  its  aged  liest 
Preserv'd  him  from  the  raping  Vultures'  quest." 

That  the  image  of  the  Royal  Oak  became  the  approved  symbol  of 
British  loyalty  to  the  Throne  is  not  astonishing,  for  was  it  not 
intimately  associated  with  examples  of  personal  devotion  without  a 
parallel  in  the  history  of  the  nation  ? 

Between  September  3  and  October  15,  1651,  the  identity  of  the 
fugitive  sovereign  became  known  either  by  accident  or  design  to  a  vast 
number  of  persons,  but  neither  the  lavish  reward  offered  by  Parlia- 
ment, nor  the  threats  of  condign  punishment  which  accompanied 
it,  could  tempt  sterling  men  and  women  like  the  innkeepers  at 
Charmouth,  Broadwindsor,  Mere,  Salisbury,  and  Brighton  to  betray 
him.  In  the  nineteenth  century  Walter  Scott,  William  Harrison 
Ainsworth  and  Agnes  Strickland  sought  inspiraticn  in  the  old-world 
story  of  the  Royal  Oak,  taking  full  advantage  of  poetic  licence 
both  in  their  verses  and  novels.  At  the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth 
century  Sarah,  Duchess  of  Marlborough,  raised  a  hornets*  nest  about 
her  ears  by  rooting  up  a  sapling  of  the  parent  Boscobel  Oak,  which 


See  pp.  213,219,  223. 


t  S<e  p.  207. 


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had  been  planted  in  London.     This  called  forth  a  shower  of  epigrams 
such  as 

"  The  Royal  Sapling  Oak 

"Whilst  Sarah  from  the  royal  ground, 
Roots  up  the  royal  oak, 
The  sapling,  groaning  from  the  wound, 
Thus  to  the  siren  spoke  j 
•  Ah  !  may  the  omen  kindly  fail, 
For  poor  Britannia's  good ; 
Or  else  not  only  me  you  fell. 
But  her,  who  owns  the  wood.*" 

A  second  began  thus  : — 

"  Be  cautious,  madame,  how  you  thus  provoke 
That  sturdy  plant,  the  second  royal  oak ; 
For  should  you  fell  it,  or  remove  it  hence, 
When  dead  it  may  revenge  the  vile  offence." 

The  third  and  the  severest  of  all  opens  thus  : — 

"Why  dost  thou  root  me  up,  ungrateful  hand? 
My  father  saved  the  king  who  saved  the  land." 

•  ••••• 

And  ends, 

"As  my  tall  parent,  when  he  bravely  stood 
The  monarch's  safeguard  in  the  trembling  wood, 
I  know  not  which  would  prove  the  next  good  thing, 
To  hang  up  traitors,  or  preserve  a  king." 

In  treating  of  this  incident  Miss  Strickland  says  : — * 

"  The  English  people  have  always  been  passionately  fond  of  the  historical 
circumstance  of  their  king's  preservation  in  their  national  tree.  To  this  hour, 
there  is  not  a  town  in  England,  and  scarcely  a  village,  but  bears  some  memorial  of 
*  the  royal  oak '  in  the  only  pictorial  indication  that  pertains  to  the  people,  which 
is,  alas !  but  in  the  signs  of  their   drinking-houses.     It  was  in  vain   that,   for 

*  Lives  of  the  Queens  of  England^  Vol  VIII,  p.  297. 

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wearing  oak-leaves  in  their  hats,  English  peasants  were  doomed,  in  the  reigns  of 
William  and  Mary,  and  at  this  period  of  that  of  their  sistei  Anne,  to  incarceration 
in  the  village  stocks.  In  vain  did  *  singing  of  the  blitheiome  song  of  the  29th 
of  May'  subject  the  songster  to  the  pains  and  penaltie;  of  clownish  treason, 
the  crime  being  expiated  in  the  stocks  and  at  the  whipping-post.  The  song  had 
got  possession  of  the  English  heart,  nor  could  the  above  pa  ns  and  penalties  hinder 
this  refrain  from  being  shouted,  even  in  the  stocks,  of 

*  Old  Pendrill,  the  miller,  at  the  risk  of  his  blood, 
Hid  the  king  of  the  isle  in  the  king  of  the  wood.*  '* 

David  Cox  painted  a  sign  for  the  "  Royal  Oak  "  at  Bettws-y- 
Coed,  and  George  Morland  is  credited  with  doing;  the  same  for  some 
tavern  nearer  London.  There  is  a  third  elaborately  painted  swinging- 
sign  to  be  seen  at  Winsford  in  the  Exmoor  country,  where  a  "  Royal 
Oak  "  inn  has  flourished  almost  from  time  immemorial.  In  this  case 
the  picture  has  every  appearance  of  age,  but  "mine  host"  confesses 
that  "  it  is  only  a  copy  of  the  original  by  a  distinguished  artist."  * 

**  Charles  the  Second's  Head,"  write  Messrs.  Larwood  and  Hotten,t  "  swung 
at  the  door  of  a  *  music-house '  for  seafaring  men  and  other,  in  Stepney,  at  the  end 
of  the  seventeenth  century.  ...  At  the  present  day,  thj  t  king's  memory  is  still 
kept  alive  on  a  signboard  in  Herbert  Street,  Hoxton,  under  the  name  of  the 
Merry  Monarch.  To  his  miraculous  escape  at  Boscobil  we  owe  the  Royal 
Oak,  which  notwithstanding  a  lapse  of  two  and  a  half  centuries  and  a  change  of 
dynasty,  still  continues  a  very  favourite  sign.  In  Lon(:on  alone  it  occurs  in 
twenty-six  public  houses,  exclusive  of  beer-houses,  cofF.^e-houses,  etc.  Some- 
times it  is  called  'King  Charles  in  the  Oak,'  as  at  Wilhn  Hall,  Warwickshire. 
The  Royal  Oak,  soon  after  the  Restoration,  became  a  favcurite  with  the  shops  of 
London ;  tokens  of  some  half  a  dozen  houses  bearing  that  ;ign  are  extant.  What 
is  rather  more  curious  is  that,  not  many  years  since,  one  of  the  descendants  of 
trusty  Dick  Penderel  kept  an  inn  at  Lewes,  in  Sussex,  called  the  Royal  Oak." 

Mr.  Allan  Fea  has,  in  both  his  books  relating  to  the  Flight  of 
the  King,  dealt  at  considerable  length  with  the  lif  2-stories  of  the  two 


♦  Devon,  the  County  of  Castles.     1908.     PubUshed  by  the  G  .W.R.     p. 
t  History  of  Sign  Boards,  1898,  pp.  49-50. 

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The  Royal  Miracle 


ii 


devoted  women,  Jane  Lane  and  Juliana  Coningsby,  who  accompanied 
the  fugitive  King  during  his  wanderings,  the  first  from  Bentley  to 
Bristol,  the  second  from  Trent  through  West  Dorset  and  afterwards 
to  Heale  House.=*=  I  am  indebted  to  Miss  M.  L.  Arthur  for  the 
discovery  of  a  very  interesting  letter  written,  after  the  Restoration, 
by  Jane  Lane  to  Charles  IL  It  is  bound  up  in  a  volume  of  letters 
addressed  to  the  King  by  his  mother  and  sisters.t  It  appears  that  the 
heroine  of  September,  1651,  had  some  difficulty  in  steering  clear  of 
the  intrigues  which  proved  fatal  to  so  many  of  Charles's  early  friends. 

"  May  It  Pleas  your  Ma*'« 

I  most  humble  beg  your  Ma"«"  pardon  in  a  fault  I  have  comited  by  Mistake  My 
Lord  Newbrough  having  sent  me  a  libell  thatt  was  sent  to  My  Lord  Taff  I  didnt 
first  understand  that  your  Ma"«  had  comanded  him  toe  doe  it  and  I  tould  the 
Queene  soe  but  since  I  have  read  the  letter  over  a  gane  I  find  it  to  be  My  Lord 
Taff  that  sent  it  me  I  make  no  question  but  your  Ma"«  heard  the  good  carettor 
the  auther  of  it  has  given  mee  but  I  being  net  gilty  I  laugh  at  thar  follow  [their 
folly  ?]  but  I  see  they  are  very  [illegible]  to  mee  why  I  know  not  I  humble 
beseech  your  Ma"^  toe  beleeve  me  in  this  that  to  my  Knowledg  I  never  did  her 
the  least  rong  in  my  life  nor  did  I  perswade  the  Queene  to  send  her  a  way  it  was 
her  owne  ill  tonge  that  was  the  cause  of  it  and  that  most  in  the  hous  knows  to  be 
true  I  dare  not  truble  your  Ma"«  with  the  long  relation  of  this  ogley  bisness  but 
I  hope  all  that  they  can  doe  or  say  %  of  mee  will  not  lessen  mee  in  your  Ma**®' 
favour  and  good  opinion  which  shall  be  the  study  of  my  whoU  to  preserve 
being  Your  Ma««' 

Most  humblest  Most  obedient 

Subiect  and  Seruant 
JANE  LANE 
Ma  2  th 

Superscribed  :  ffor  his  Ma*'* 
Endorsed  (by  King  Charles)  :   Mis  Jane  Lane  " 

♦  See  also  Lane  of  Bentley  Hall^  by  Henry  Murray  Lane  (Chester  Herald).  Elliot 
Stock.  London,  1898.  The  subject  of  the  Lanes  was  also  dealt  with  by  the  late  General 
Wrottesley  in  an  incomplete  contribution  to  the  History  of  Staffordshire.  William  Salt, 
Archaeological  Society,  pp.  141-204.      19 10, 

t  Lambeth  Palace  MSS.,  Vol.  646.     Item  59. 

\  Insertion  of  "  or  say  "  as  in  original, 

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CuARLts  II  AS  A  Boy 

[From  the  rare  mezzo  fiat  by  IV.    Vaillant,  in  possession  of  the  writer) 


Historical  Introduction 


As  in  the  case  of  the  Penderels  of  Boscobel,  the  race  from  which 
Jane  Lane  sprang  is  still  well  represented  after  the  lapse  of  more 
than  two  and  a  half  centuries.  Major-General  Ronald  B.  Lane  of 
Carlton  Hall,  Saxmundham,  is  "  a  direct  descendant  of  Colonel  Lane, 
of  Bentley,  the  father  of  Jane  Lane."  In  connecticn  with  last  year's 
Carolean  Pilgrimage  he  wrote  to  the  Mayor  of  Brighton  : — 


*'  I  think  perhaps  you  may  like  to  know  that  the  Lanes  1 
arras  the  Royal  Lions  (leopards  really)  of  England  and  that  o 
Rc^.  ...  I  believe  that  the  Lanes  are  the  only  Commoners 
the  privilege  of  bearing  the  Royal  Lions  granted  to  them,*  £ 
days  past  was  of  great  advantage  in  exempting  my  ancestors  f 
Armorial  Bearings.     Now,  needless  to  say,  no  such  advantag 
have  also  in  my  possession  that  Charles  II  gave  to  Jane  Lane, 
parted  from  her.     After  the  Restoration  he  gave  her  a  v 
which  became  an  heirloom  to  be  retained,  during  her  life, 
daughter  in  the  direct  line ;  this  watch  was  last  possessed  by 
Squire  Lucy  of  Charlecote  and  should  now  be  the  property 
Northbourne,  but  most  unfortunately  it  was  stolen  by  burgh 
between  50  and  60  years  ago.    The  thieves  were  caught,  but 
had  the  watch  melted  down  at  once." 


)ear  on  their  coat  of 
\x  device  is  Garde  U 
who  have  ever  had 

privilege  which  ia 
-om  paying  taxes  on 
?  attaches  to  it !     I 

at  Bristol,  when  he 
jry  beautiful  watch 
by  the  eldest  Lane 
1  Lane  who  married 
of  my  sister,  Lady 
rs  from  Charlecote 
confessed  to  having 


m 


*  Mr.  J.  Horace  Round  points  out  that  the  whole  of  the  armoria 
printed  by  Mr.  H.  M.  Lane.  It  is  also  treated  of  in  the  Genealogical 
278-282.  For  some  reason  or  other  the  grant  was  not  made  until 
Round  thinks  General  R.  B.  Lane's  assertion  as  to  the  unique  charact. 
IS  correct.  It  is,  howe-er,  important  to  point  out  that  the  Lanes  have 
arms,  even  on  a  canton,  but  only  that  portion  of  them  which  represents 
augmentation  is  described  in  the  grant  as  "three  lyons  passant  guardant 
but  not  as  the  arms  of  England,  although  this  is  what  it  was.  Mr.  A 
"a  grant  of  *a  canton  of  England,'  i.e.  the  three  lions  of  England,  \i 
famJy  after  the  Restoration.  They  are  the  only  family  I  ever  heard 
the  three  lions,  but  many  have  received  grants  of  one,  e.g.  the  Wolfes 
were  several  grants  made  for  services  after  the  Battle  of  Worcester, 
Carlos  and  Whitgreave.  The  Lanes  have  always  maintained  that  their 
from  taxation.  The  Act  exempts  the  Royal  Arms,  but  the  Lanes  c 
Royal  Arms,  and  those  as  a  canton  on  the  arms  of  Lane.  I  think,  t 
exemption  unfounded,  but  I  understand  payment  is  not  enforced  froi 
legal  decision  justifying  their  claim  exists." 

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grant  to  the  Lanes  is 
Magazine,  I,  201-7  ; 
[2  July,  1677.  Mr. 
!r  of  the  augmentation 
never  borne  the  royal 
England.  The  Lane 
or  in  a  canton  gules," 
.  C.  Fox  Da  vies  says 
as  made  to  the  Lane 

of  who  has  a  gift  of 
of  Madeley.  There 
e.g.  Lane,  Newman, 
grant  exempted  them 
niy  use  a  part  of  the 
lerefore,  the  claim  to 
1  them,  although  no 


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On  the  evening  of  September  lo,  1651,  Charles  and  the  companions 
of  his  flight  found  shelter  in  the  abode  of  Mr.  John  Tombs,*  of  Long 
(or  "  Dancing")  Marston,  where  the  familiar  episode  of  the  cook-maid 
and  the  spit  occurred.  The  house  in  question  is  situated  on  the  out- 
skirts of  a  straggling  village,  and  still  belongs  to  descendants  of  the 
loyal  Tombs,  its  present  owners  being  Commander  Carrow,  r.n.,  and 
Mrs.  Carrow,  the  latter  a  Tombs  descendant  and  the  daughter  of  the 
late  Mr.  Fisher  Tomes.  The  historic  spit  is  carefully  preserved  in 
the  ancient  kitchen  now  converted  into  a  parlour.  Mr.  Allan  Fca 
speaks  of  the  Long  Marston  House  as  "  Old  King  Charles,"  but  the 
more  familiar  name  by  which  it  is  known  is  "King's  Lodge"  or 
«  King  Charles's  Lodge."  The  name  "  Will  Jackson  "  by  which  the 
King  was  known  there  stuck  to  him  until  1660,  and  was  constantly 
used  in  secret  correspondence.  At  Boscobel  Charles  had  been  plain 
"  Will  Jones."    For  some  reason  the  name  of  Jackson  was  occasionally 

given  to  Cromwell. 

An  entirely  new  front  has  been  given  to  "The  Sun"  Inn  at 
Cirencester,  where  Charles  and  his  companions  spent  the  night  of 
September  1 1- 12,  165 1,  but  an  engraving  of  the  old  hostelry,  as  it  was 

♦  Members  of  the  Tombs  (or  Tomes)  family  are  very  numerous  both  in  England  and 
America.     In  the  index  of  Gloucestershire  wills  will  be  found  one  of  a  Tombs  of  Long 
Marston  as  far  back  as  1546.     The  name  occurs  frequently  in  the  registers  there  from  1589 
onwards,  but  is  frequently  given  as  Tomes,  Tommes,  Tombes  or  Tims.     Francis  Tomes,  a 
Quaker,  was  residing  near  Albemarle  Sound,  North  Carolina,  in  1672.     Mention  is  made  of 
another  Quaker,  Edward  Tombs,  a  quarter  of  a  cennury  later.     In  later  years  the  American 
Tombs  seem  to  have  spread  out  toward  the  west,  and  some  of  them  became  quite  prominent, 
one  of  them  giving  his  name  to  the  well-known  New  York  prison.     Brigadier  General 
Robert  Tombs  was  Confederate  Secretary  of  State  in  1861.     Sir  Henry  Tombs,  v.c,  icc.b., 
was  descended  from  the  Long  Marston  Tombs  of  1651  through  his  grandson  William,  who 
settled  at  Coates.     Very  exhaustive  researches  into  the  Tombs  genealogy  have  been  made  by 
Mr.  R.  C.  Tombs,  i.s.o.,  of  Westbury-on-Trym,  and  his  son,  Mr.  P.  M.  Gainsford  Tombs, 
of  "  Boscobel,"  Carshalton,  who  have  furnished  me  with  much  valuable  and  interesting  informa- 
tion.   A  long  article  on  the  Cotswold  Tombs  by  Mr.  R.  C.  Tombs  appeared  in  the  Wilts 
and  Gloucestershire  Standard  of  April  10,  1909.     Other  particulars  will  be  found  in  the 
Evesham  Journal  oi  May  13  and  May  29,  1909. 

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a  few  years  ago,  still  exists.  The  room  associated  with  the  King's  visit 
is  shown  to  visitors.  The  landmarks  connected  with  the  sojourn  of 
Charles  at  Abbots  Leigh,  near  Bristol — September  12-16 — are  exceed- 
ingly interesting,  although  nothing  remains  of  the  ancient  home  of  the 
Nortons.*  In  the  chancel  of  Abbots  Leigh  Church  is  still  to  be  seen 
the  ornate  marble  monument  of  Sir  George  Norto  1,  the  King's  host, 
and  his  wife  Dame  Francis.  The  bewigged  busts  of  a  later  period 
cannot  be  regarded  as  attempts  at  serious  portraiture .  On  the  Norton 
tomb  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

"  Near  this  place  lies  interred  the  body  of  S'  George  Norton  of 
Abbots  Leigh  in  y^  County  of  Somerset,  son  of  S'  Cieorge  Norton 
of  y*  same  place.  So  Eminently  Loyal  in  hazarding;  both  his  life 
&  fortune  in  concealing  in  his  house  the  sacred  person  of  our  late 
Most  Sovereign  King  Charles  y®  second  till  he  could  provide  means 
for  his  escape  into  France." 

The  monument  was  erected  in  17 15,  but  the  m\\  of  Sir  George 
Norton  was  dated  February  28,  1667,  and  proved  on  March  12,  1667-8. 
[Somerset  fVills.  London,  1887.]  In  the  unique  broadside  of  1660, 
possibly  the  earliest  account  of  the  Royal  Wanderings  published  after 
the  Restoration,  Charles  is  said  to  have  hoped  to  escape  from  a  place 
called  "  Crods  and  Peet  hard  by  Bristol!''  t  I  think  the  Rev.  James  S. 
Hill,  of  Stowey  Rectory,  Clutton,  has  satisfactorily  identified  the  scene 
of  the  King's  first  great  disappointment.  In  respor  se  to  a  query  from 
me  he  thus  writes  to  the  Editor  of  the  Bristol  Times  and  Mirror: — 

"  In  the  place-names  you  will  find  that  Pill  which  is  "  hard  by  Bristol "  is 
called  Crokanpill,  or  Crokenpill ;  and  at  the  end  of  the  sixteenth  and  in  the  seven- 
teenth century  ( 1 60 1 )  it  is  called  Crocke  and  Pill,  and  Croch  an  d  Pill.  Other  spellings 
are  Crokerne  Pill,  Crakers  Pill,  Crookham  Pill,  and  'Crokers  Pill,  now  Eston-in- 
Gordon '  (in  a  will).     Now,  I  suggest  to  you  that  '  Crods  md  Peet,'  concerning 

♦  See  "King  Charles  II  at  Abbots- Leigh,"  by  the  late  Professor  James  Rowley. 
Proceedings  of  the  CR/ton  Antiquarian  Society,  1906-7,  pp.  93-1 13. 
t  See  p.  8 1 . 

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which  Mr.  Broadley  inquires,  is  a  mis-spelling,  a  mis-reading,  or  a  mis-printing  of 
some  compositor  (or  rather  de-compositor),  for  '  Crok  and  Peel.'  A  bad  '  k ' 
could  easily  be  read  as  a  'd,'  and  an  uncrossed  *t'  mistaken  for  *  1.*  The 
de-compositor  is  capable  of  grander  transformations,  as  when  a  'sucking  calf 
appears  as  a  *  smoking  calf  Pill  is  the  very  place  for  this  Caroline  embarkation. 
*  Charles  the  Second  at  Pill'  is  interesting.  Crods  and  Peet,  anyhow,  is  a 
startling  corruption." 

Mr.  Hill  kindly  sent  me  a  sketch  map  showing  how  convenient 
Pill  would  be  for  the  contemplated  adventure.  It  is  still  the  abode  of 
pilots,  and  only  a  short  walk  from  Abbots  Leigh.*  From  Pill  boats 
and  yawls  constantly  ply  in  the  Channel,  and  the  commercial  import- 
ance of  the  place  was  probably  greater    in  Carolean   times  than   it 

is  now. 

Of  the  entire  six  weeks  covered  by  the  flight  of  Charles  from 
Worcester  to  Brighton,  no  less  than  seventeen  days  were  spent  at 
Trent.  The  "hiding-place"  (ready  for  the  King's  occupation  if 
necessity  arose)  has  survived  a  whole  series  of  structural  alterations 
which  have  taken  place  in  the  interesting  Manor  House,  the  environ- 
ment of  which  remains  pretty  much  as  it  was  in  1651.  The  church 
has  undergone  very  little  change.  The  tuneful  bells  which  Charles 
listened  to  as  they  rang  in  celebration  of  the  good  news  from  Worcester 
are  still  heard  Sunday  after  Sunday.  In  the  wall  of  the  side-chapel, 
side  by  side,  are  two  modest  monuments  thus  inscribed  : — 


Here  lyeth 

The  body  of 

Francis  Wynd- 

-HAM,  Baronet 

WHO   DIED  THE    g 

DAY  OF  July 
AD  1676 


D^'  A.  W. 
Ob^  July  19° 
An°  D" 
1698 


\ 


*  Mr.  Mathew  Mathews,  of  Bristol,  like  Mr.  Hill,  thinks  "  pill "  to  be  the  equivalent  of 
the  Welsh  pwell  =  pool.  He,  however,  locates  Cogan-pill  as  situated  between  Cardiff  and 
Penarth  on  the  Bristol  Channel.  In  1651  the  family  of  Mathew,  distinguished  for  their 
loyalty  to  the  Crown,  resided  there. 

3« 


i 
1 


Historical  Introduction 

It  was  of  the  latter  that  Samuel  Pepys  wrote  :— 

•'  Ann  Wyndham  was  nurse  to  Chas.  II  when  Prince  of  Wales,  and  while 
she  lived  governed  him  and  everything  else  as  a  Minister  of  State,  the  old  King 
putting  mighty  weight  and  trust  in  her." 

On  the  fly-leaf  of  the  Trent  registers,  after  a  Icng  list  of  Gerards, 
occur  the  following  Wyndham  or  Windham  entries  : — 

« I.  .  .  .  Windham,  daughter  of  fFrancis  Windham  Esq.  and  Ann  his  wife  was 
borne  the  3'**  of  January  and  baptised  the  — **>  of  January  1651." 

«  2.  .  .  .  Windham  daughter  of  fFrancis  Wyndham  Esq.  &  Ann  his  wife  was  buried 
the  5*^  of  January  1667." 

1669 
"II :  Mr.  Gerard  Wyndham  y«  son  of  Mr.  Francis  Wytdham  and  Anne  his  wife 
was  buried  February  y*  fourteenth." 

1676 
"III  :  S'  fFrancis  Wyndham  K»*  buried  July  y«  15." 

1698 
"IV  :  The  Lady  Anne  Wyndham  Relict  of  S'  Fran.  WymJiam  Knight  Baron*,  was 
buri'd  July  25  —  98." 

1707 
"V  :  The   Honor^'"    Lieu*   Gen"   Hugh    Wyndham   diel   at   Valentia   in    Spain 
Sept'  30  1706  was  brought  &  buried  at  Trent  NCay  31  1707." 

1712 
"VI:  Madam    Rachel    Wyndham   was   brought   down    f-om    London    &    buried 
Decemb^  y«  4*''  —  171 2." 

"VII  :  S'  Francis  Wyndham  K°*  Baro*  was  Buried  April  y«  4*'*  —  1716." 

1718 
"VIII :  Margaret  Bond  an  Ancient  serv*.  in  S'  Francis  Wyndham's  Family  dyed 
in  y*  98*^  year  of  her  Age,  and  was  buried  No^"^  y«  gth  —  17 18." 

It  results  from  these  memoranda  that  although  the  unnamed 
daughter  of  Francis  and  Anne  Wyndham  was  only  nine  months  old  in 
September,  1651,  the  mother  was  47,  and  the  "ancient  servant,"  Margaret 

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Bond,  who  died  in  George  Fs  reign,  31.  Bond  is  not  mentioned  in 
Anne  Wyndham's  Claustrum  Regale  Reseratum,  Mr.  A.  M.  Gerrard, 
of  Westward  Ho,  Wake  Green  Road,  Birmingham,  sends  me  the 
following  note  on  his  ancestral  kinswoman,  the  intrepid  chatelaine  of 
Trent : — 

*♦  Anne  Wyndham's  father  Thomas  Gerard  was  of  an  old  Purbeck  stock,  but 
claimed  descent  from  the  noble  family  of  the  Gerards  of  Lancashire,  which 
descent  the  Dorset  historian,  Hutchins,  says  is  highly  improbable.  These 
Gerards  were  far  more  likely  out  of  the  Doomsday  family  who  held  the  manors 
of  Lopen  and  Broctune,  and  later  Camville,  all  in  Somerset ;  later  still  they  were 
at  Gerrardiston,  in  Wilts,  and  Sandford  Areas  and  Parnham,  near  Beaminster, 
Dorset.  A  Gerard  of  this  stock  about  1 350  owned  the  manor  of  Crichel  Lucy. 
A  Richard  of  this  line  was  M.P.  for  Wareham  1 369.  From  this  time  onward 
no  less  than  ten  Gerards  were  M.P.'s  for  Wareham,  Weymouth  and  Dorchester. 

Thos.  Gerard  of  Trent  came  out  of  one  of  these  Purbeck  families,  William 
his  father,  of  Friars  Maine,  inheriting  Trent  by  marriage  with  Mary  Storke,  and 
their  son  Thomas  was  the  father  of  Anne  Wyndham." 

The  adventures  of  Charles  11  in  West  Dorset  began  very  early  on 
the  morning  of  Monday,  September  22  ;  they  ended  in  his  return  to 
Trent  somewhat  later  in  the  forenoon  of  Wednesday,  September  24. 
Setting  out  from  Trent  before  dawn  they  reached  "  EUesdon's  Farm" — 
the  "  house  in  the  hills"  between  Axminster  and  Charmouth — quite  early 
in  the  afternoon.*  It  has  long  been  a  tradition  that  during  the  three 
days'  journey  the  King  visited  Coaxdon  Manor,  in  Chardstock  parish, 
the  ancestral  home  of  the  Cogans,  where  he  owed  escape  solely  to  the 
quick  thought  and  courage  of  the  lady  of  the  house,  f  On  reaching 
the  Continent  he  sent  a  gold  chain  to  his  fair  preserver,  who  had 
hidden  him  beneath  her  farthingale.     The  story  is  strongly  supported 

*  See /(?//,  p.  158  and  p.  176. 

t  See  King  Charles  11  and  the  Cogans.  A  Aftssing  Chapter  in  the  Boscobel  Tracts. 
London,  Elliot  Stock.  Charles  II  at  Coaxdon  Hall,  by  Hugh  Norris.  Reprinted  from 
Somerset  and  Dorset  Notes  and  Queries,  1893.  Mr.  J.  S.  Udal's  paper  in  the  Proceedings 
of  the  Dorset  Natural  History  and  Antiquarian  Field  Club  (Vol.  VIII,  pp.  9-28)  may  also 
be  referred  to. 

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by  the  late  Mr.  Hugh  Norris,  and  the  tradition  is  not  merely  a  local 
one,  but  is  set  out  at  length  in  Mr.  Walter  Wilsc  n's  life  of  Defoe.* 
The  chain  passed  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Conway  throu^;h  her  grandmother 
Elizabeth  Cogan,  and  was,  it  is  said,  exchanged  by  her  with  a  Jew 
pedlar  for  sundry  articles  of  silver  plate,  includirg  two  silver  mugs 
now  in  possession  of  her  descendants,  Mrs.  Henry  Tatham  and  Mr.  J. 

Cogan  Conway. 

Mr.  R.  R.  Conway,  of  Weymouth  College,  the  great-great-grand- 
son of  the  last  heir  to  the  Carolean  chain,  points  3Ut  that  if  Charles, 
on  his  way  from  Trent  to  the  sea-coast,  "  avoided  Yeovil  by  keeping 
to  the  north,  and  struck  the  fosse-way  which  :-uns  right  through 
Coaxdon,  a  cross-country  ride  thence  to  Monkton  Wyld  ('  EUesdon's 
Farm  ')  would  only  be  4J  miles."  This  is  quite  true,  but  on  the 
other  hand  it  must  be  remembered  that  there  is  not  the  faintest 
allusion  to  the  Coaxdon  adventure  either  in  Anne  Wyndham's 
narrative,   the   letters   of    EUesdon   and    Alford,    or    the   Miraculum 

Basilikon, 

The    Ellesdons,  the   Alfords  and  the  Wesleys  all    figure  In  the 
early  records  of  Lyme-of-the-King,  from  which   place  Charles  vainly 
hoped  to  escape  to  France,  and  Charles's   son,    :he   Duke  of  Mon- 
mouth, thirty-four  years  later,  set  out  on  the  fj.tal  enterprise  which 
cost  him  his  life.     If  the  humorous  author  of  the  Miraculum  is  to  be 
trusted,  the  fugitive  monarch  owed  his  preservatic  n  on  the  morning  of 
September  23,  1651,  to  the  "long-windedness"  displayed  by  Benjamin 
Wesley  (he  gives  the  name  as  Westley),  "  the  pun^,  pittiful,  dwindling 
parson    of  that   place," f   in  his   family  devotions,   concerning  which 
Mistress  Wyndham  observes   with   evident   satisfaction    that   "long 
prayers,  proceeding  from  a  traitorous  heart,  one  e  did  good,  but  by 
accident  only."^     Benjamin  Wesley  was  the  grejit-grandfather  of  the 
Apostle  of  Methodism,  and  a  great  deal  of  new  information  both  as  to 

♦  See  Life  and  Times  of  Daniel  Defoe,  by  Walter  Wilson.    Lc  ndon,  1 830.  Vol.  I,  p.  1 1 2. 
t  See  post,  VI,  p.  136.  X  See  post,  V]I,  p.  163. 

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himself  and  his  immediate  descendants  will  be  found  in  the  Proceed- 
ings of  the  IVesley  Historical  Society.^  Wesley  was  deprived  of  his 
benefice  after  the  Restoration,  and  subsequently  became  an  itinerant 
preacher  and  medical  practitioner.  He  died  at  Lyme  Regis,  and  was 
buried  there  on  1 5  February,  1670.  His  widow  Mary  was  interred  there 
on  13  July  in  the  following  year.  While  still  minister  at  Charmouth, 
he  was  "presented"  by  the  Jury  of  the  Court  Leet  (2  October,  1654) 
for  neglect,  "causing  annoyance  of  the  highwayes.'*t 

Members  of  the  EUesdon  family  were  Mayors  of  Lyme  Regis 
seven  times  between  1521  and  165 1,  in  which  year  Anthony  EUesdon 
held  the  office.  In  the  ancient  and  interesting  church  of  Lyme  Regis  is 
a  brass  in  memory  of  four  of  them  with  the  family  arms  and  the  lines : — 

"  Men  pious  just  &  wise,  each  many  a  yeere 
The  helme  of  this  towne's  government  did  steere 
Beyond  base  envious  reach,  whose  endless  name 
Lives  in  all  those  that  emulate  theire  fame." 

William  Ellesdon,who  subsequently  furnished  Lord  Clarendon  with 
the  detailed  account  of  his  share  in  the  events  of  September  22-3,  1651, 
had  two  sons,  Anthony  and  Charles  (the  latter,  born  on  June,  1661, 
named  after  the  King).  Anthony  EUesdon  lived  till  13  November,  1737, 
having  survived  his  brother  Charles  thirty-two  years.  There  is  a 
monument  to  him  in  the  new  church  at  Charmouth,  removed  thither 
from  the  older  building.  His  mother  and  wife  as  well  as  his  brother 
Charles  were  buried  in  the  same  vault  with  Anthony. 

Richard  Alford  was  on  five  occasions  elected   Mayor  of  Lyme 
before  1632,  when  he  held  the  office  for  the  last  time.    The  "  Captain' 
Alford,  whose  curious  letter,  bitterly  attacking  the  good  faith  of  his 

*  Sec  Vols.  V  (1906),  pp.  20-23,  ^^  VI  (1908),  pp.  1-4. 

t  The  Rev.  Joseph  Ogle,  who  now  lives  at  the  '*  Manse  "  (formerly  the  "  Queen's 
Head"),  where  Charles  II  and  his  friends  passed  the  night  of  September  22-2  3, 165 1,  contributed 
a  very  interesting  article  on  the  subject  of  Benjamin  Wesley  and  the  landlady  of  the  "  Queen'* 
Head"  entitled  "The  Story  of  a  King's  Kiss  "  to  the  Christian  World  of  June  16,  19 10. 


Charles  II  in  1651 

{From  the  original  in  the  British  Museum) 


Historical  Introduction 

fellow-townsman  Ellesdon,  will  be  found  amongst  the  documents  now 
reprinted,  is  none  other  than  the  Gregory  Alford  who  fought  against 
the  Parliament  and  compounded  for  his  estates  at  ^f  lo,  when  it  is 
quite  possible  the  Ellesdons  were  "  trimmers."  PJttt  the  Restoration 
he  showed  great  severity  to  dissenters.  It  was  during  his  second 
mayoralty*  that  Monmouth  landed  on  Lyme  Cobb.  The  family  soon 
afterwards  quitted  the  town. 

It  was  still  dark  on  the  morning  of  Wednesday,  Sept.  24,  when 
Charles,   Lord  Wilmot,  Colonel  Wyndham,  Juliana  Coningsby,  and 
Peters  left  the  "  George "  at  Broadwindsor  for  Trent  Manor.     It  is 
quite  impossible  that  any  such  detour  could  have  been  made  on  that  day 
as  would  have  allowed  them  to  visit  Coaxdon  Mane  .r.    Having  regained 
his  comfortable  quarters  as  the  guest  of  Francis  md  Anne  Wyndham, 
Charles  remained  there  without  exciting  suspicion  until  the  morning 
of  Monday,  6  October,  when  he  set  out  on  his  journey  to  Heale  House 
by  way  of  Mere.     That  night  he  arrived  safely  at  Heale  House  on 
Salisbury  Plain,  not  far  from  Stonehenge  and  close  to  the  banks  of  the 
Avon.     The  seventeenth-century  house  has  now  entirely  disappeared, 
although  an  effort  has  been  made  to  preserve  the  *'  closet "  associated  by 
tradition  with  Charles's  presence  at  Heale,  wheie  Mrs.  Hyde  proved 
as  staunch  a  friend  to  royalty  in  distress  as  Mrs.  (afterwards  Lady) 
Wyndham.    The  present  owner  of  this  picturesqt  e  estate  is  now  build- 
ing a  new  mansion  on  seventeenth-century  lines,  a  id  it  is  from  him  that 
the  ground-plan  of  the  1651  house,  now  reproduced,  has  been  obtained. 
At  Heale  Charles  found  an  asylum  until  Monday  morning,  13  Septem- 
ber, when  he  rode  under  the  conduct  of  Colonel  hunter  or  Gounter  of 
Racton  to  the  "  George  "  at  Warnford,  where  he  dined,  and  thence  to 
Hambleton  House,  where  he  passed  the  night  as  the  guest  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Symons  or  Symonds.t    There  is  no  foujidation  for  the  legend 

*  Gregory  Alford  first  served  the  office  of  Mayor  in  i66  j. 

t  Mr.  J.  Horace  Round,  who  has  given  me  invaluable  i-ssistance  in  connection  with 
King  Charles's  brief  sojourn  in  Sussex,  calls  my  attention  to  t  he  mine  of  information  con- 


The  Royal  Miracle 


that  the  King  accompanied  the  Colonel  to  his  own  residence  at  Racton, 
and  the  "  site  "  indicated  there  must  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  count- 
less apocryphal  "  King's  hiding-places,"  which  range  from  Barnstable 
on  the  west  to  Woodstock  on  the  north,  and  Ovingdean  Grange  on 
the  east.*  Many  interesting  Gunter  tombs  are  to  be  seen  in  the  church 
at  Racton,  including  that  of  the  "  most  loyal  and  prudent  gentleman  '* 
who  safely  conducted  the  fugitive  King  from  the  neighbourhood  of 
Heale  House  to  the  "  George  "  at  Brighthelmstone.     As  regards  the 

cerning  Racton  and  the  Gunters  contained  in  the  illustrated  article  by  the  Rev.  Fred  H. 
Arnold,  LL.D,  published  in  Vol.  XXIII  of  the  Sussex  Archaological  Collections.  Amongst  the 
illustrations  given  is  one  of  the  punchbowl  presented  by  Charles  to  Mrs.  Symonds  after  the 
Restoration,  and  for  a  long  time  in  possession  of  her  descendants.  Ursula  Gunter  was  married 
to  Thomas  Symonds  at  Westbourne,  6  October,  1636.  Mr.  Round  is  the  senior  living  repre- 
sentative of  the  Earl  of  Rochester,  who  as  Lord  Wilmot  played  an  all-important  part  in  the 
events  recorded  in  these  pages  [see  ^he  Jncestor^  Vol.  XI — October,  1904].  The  Symonds 
bowl  now  belongs  to  Captain  T.  D.  Butler,  of  Hambledon,  a  village  even  more  celebrated  as 
an  aboriginal  home  of  cricket  than  for  its  connection  with  the  Flight  of  the  King.  Captain 
Butler  informs  me  that  Mr.  Symonds's  house  stood  a  little  outside  the  village  to  the  south- 
east side  of  it,  so  that  in  going  on  to  Shoreham  a  traveller  would  not  have  to  pass  through 
it.  He  says  :  "  From  Warnford  to  Broadhalfpenny  Down  Charles's  itinerary  is  clear. 
Going  by  Old  Winchester  Hill,  Chidden  Down  and  Hyden  Wood,  almost  in  a  straight  line, 
they  would  scarcely  pass  a  single  cottage.  The  route  taien  by  the  King  from  Broadhalf- 
penny Down  to  Mr.  Symonds's  house,  so  as  to  avoid  the  village,  can  be  easily  traced,  and 
is  in  fact  almost  unchanged.  The  house  was  demolished  in  1720.  Its  site  can  still  be 
traced.  William  Symonds,  the  last  male  heir,  sold  the  property  to  Jonathan  Conduit  about 
1708."  In  the  parish  registers  the  name  is  invariably  spelt  Symonds.  The  bowl  never 
belonged  to  Mr.  P.  H.  Hart,  as  erroneously  stated  by  tht;  article  in  the  Sussex  Archaologkd 
Collections  above  cited.  A  very  good  illustration  of  it  is  given  by  Mr.  Allan  Fea.  The 
name  of  Thomas  Symonds  does  not  figure  in  the  parish  record  of  burials,  but  a  field  near  the 
village  is  still  known  as  «  Symonds's  Meadow."  Although  the  Symonds  family  were  Royalists, 
many  of  the  Hambledonians  took  the  other  side,  and  Colonel  Norton  raised  a  troop  for  the 
Parliament  known  as  «*  The  Hambledon  Boys,"  who  were  engaged  at  Chcriton  (see  Godwin's 
Civil  War  in  Hampshire^  1882). 

♦  It  is  asserted  that  according  to  tradition  the  King  spent  some  time  in  a  picturesque 
dwelling  still  to  be  seen  on  Southwick  Green  and  long  known  as  «  King  Charles's  Cottage  " 
and  "  Bough  House."  He  certainly  did  not  sleep  there.  He  may  very  well  have  rested  there 
in  the  early  morning  of  October  1 5  after  leaving  Brighton,  while  waiting  for  the  tide  to  float 
the  ««  Surprise  "  b  Southwick  Creek.  The  presence  of  a  patrol  would  make  it  dangerous  to 
embark  at  Shoreham. 


Historical  Introduction 

adventures  which  on  October  14-15,  165 1,  befell  Charles  in  the  Sussex 
fishing-village,  destined  before  another  century  ar  d  a  half  had  passed 
away  to  become  one  of  the  most  famous  waterir  g-places  in  Europe, 
and  to  be  intimately  associated  with  the  life-story  of  another  «  Merry 
Monarch,"  the  reader  will  find  an  abundance  of   information  in  the 
paper  read  by  Mr.  Harrison  at  the  conclusion  of  the  Carolean  Pil- 
grimage, as  well  as  in  nearly  all  the  tracts  and  broadsides  reprinted  in 
the  anthology  to  which  the  name  of  the  "Royal  Miracle"  is  given. 
The  chief  point  of  interest  centres  on  the  correct  identification  of  the 
"  George,"  the  inn  at  which  the  arrangements  we:-e  made  which  ended 
in  the  escape  of  the  King  to  France.     Much  tu-ns  on  the  historical 
value  of  an  old  water-colour  sketch  now  in  possession  of  Mr.  William 
H.  Blaber,  of  Hove,  which  came  from  the  colle:tion  of  Mr.  George 
Smith.     It  bears  the  following  inscription  : — 

«'Y«  Kyng's  Head  Ynn"  in  y*' West  Street  a:  Brighthemstone 
in  which  King  Charles  passed  y«  night  before  his  happy  escape 
into  Fraunce. 

From  a  scarce  print  in  the  possession  of  BuUeley  C.  Ricketts 

Esq. 
Date  on  the  print  1662." 

The  picture  in  question  has  been  carefully  examined  by  Mr.  J.  H. 
Round,  who  does  not  detect  any  anachronism  ir  it.  It  may  certainly 
be  taken  as  corroboration  of  the  testimony  of  Fanny  Burney  in  favour 
of  the  West  Street  "  King's  Head,"  nearly  opposite  which  stood  the 
Thrale  house,  within  the  memory  of  persons  still  living.  I  believe 
Mr.  Round  had  not  seen  the  Blaber  drawing  ;yhen  he  drew  up  the 
following  note  on  the  subject :— "  Mr.  F.  E.  Sawyer  has  discussed  at 
some  length*  the  identity  of  *  The  George '  Inn.  He  was  able  to  show 
from  the  Court  Rolls  that  in  1656  there  was  an  inn  called  *Thc 
George '  in  Middle  Street,  and  that  the  present  *  Old  King's  Head '  on 


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the  western  side  of  the  bottom  of  West  Street  was  not  described  as  an 
inn  till  1754,  when  it  was  first  called  *The  George.*  Against  this  it  is 
urged  that  the  contrary  is  shown  by  Mr.  Blaber's  drawing,  corroborated 
as  it  is  by  the  statement  of  Fanny  Burney,  who  stayed  at  Brighton 
with  Mrs.  Thrale  in  1779  and  1782  and  states  that  the  house  "was 
opposite  *The  King's  Head,'  where  Charles  II  stayed,"  and  speaks 
of  the  sign  bearing  the  t^gy  of  "  his  black-wigged  Majesty "  being 
in  existence  since  the  Restoration.  These  two  pieces  of  evidence 
show  that  the  tradition  of  the  West  Street  site  was  accepted  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century.  This  is  directly  at  variance 
with   Mr.   Sawyer's  documentary  evidence. 

Judging  by  my  own  experience  of  such  matters  and  of  the  quick 
growth  of  erroneous  tradition,  I  suspect  tiat  someone  who  had  read 
that  the  King  had  stayed  at  "  The  George,'*  and  who  only  found  one 
inn  so  named  at  Brighton  in  the  eighteenth  century,  assumed  that  this 
must  have  been  the  house,  and  the  portrait  of  Charles  being  then  put 
up  as  a  sign,  the  house  would  come  to  be  known  as  "The  King's 
Head  "  instead  of  "  The  George."  With  regard  to  the  contention  raised 
that,  according  to  Gunter,  the  horses  were  taken  "  the  back  way  to  the 
beach,"  and  that  this  indicates  "  The  King's  Head  "  being  the  house, 
the  evidence  seems  to  me  to  point  the  other  way.  "That  inn  is 
situated  so  close  to  the  beach  that  it  could  have  made  little  or  no 
difference,  but  if  *The  George'  of  1651  was  at  the  upper  end  of 
Middle  Street  the  inn-yard  might  well  have  had  a  back  entrance  into 
Ship  Street  (then  the  *  Hempshares ')  by  which  the  horses  could  leave 
privately.— J.  H.  R."  If  a  copy  of  the  Bulkeley  Ricketts  print  could 
be  found,  it  would  settle  the  matter  once  and  for  all. 

It  is  impossible  to  discuss  at  length  other  debatable  questions 
which  arose  out  of  the  reading  of  Mr.  Harrison's  paper.  Certain 
claims  to  descent  from  Nicholas  Tattersall  have  been  put  forth,  and 
Mr.  J.  H.  Round,  a  recognised  authority  on  such  matters,  has  drawn 
up  the  following  pedigree  : — 

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Historical  Introduction 


Captain 
Susan  (i)=Nicholas=(2) Elizabeth 


d.  1670 


Tettersall 
d.  1674 


d.  1692-3 


Nicholas 

Tettersall 

*  Esquire ' 

d.  1701 


1 

Susanna  =   John 

Tettersall    Geering, 

of  Brighton, 

joiner 


Nicholas 

Tettersall 

d.  1679 

d.  young 


Susanna  =Peter 


Tettersall 
the  heiress 


White  M.D. 
of  Lewes. 


Frances 

White 

bapt.  5  Ap.  1703 


Susan      = 
White 
born 
16  Sept 

=       John 
Bridger 
Esquire 
of  Coombe 

1704 

Place  (in 

the  heirejs 

Hamsey) 
Lewes 

1 

Sir  Jc  hn  Bridger 

of  Coombe 

Place 

1874 
Sir  George:: -Mary 

ShifFner,  Bart.    Bridger 

hoiress  d.  1844. 

Mr.  W.  Clarkson  Wallis  called  the  attention  of  the  Mayor  of 
Brighton  to  the  devotion  shown  during  the  voyage  across  the  Channel 
by  the  Quaker,  Richard  Carver,  one  of  Tatters  all's  or  Tattersell's 
sailors,  who,  after  the  Restoration,  when  the  general  scramble  for 
rewards  was  going  on,  asked  only  for  the  release  jf  some  of  his  dis- 
tressed brethren  imprisoned  for  conscience'  sake.  The  King  liberated 
two,  upon  which  Carver  remarked  it  was  "  a  poor  price  for  a  King's 
ransom."      According  to  Mr.  Wallis,  the  captain  of  the  "  Surprise," 

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when  High  Constable  of  Brighton,  proved  "a  malignant  and  un- 
scrupulous persecutor."  Be  this  as  it  may,  it  was  at  the  grave  of 
the  captain  of  the  "  Surprise,"  in  the  shadow  of  St.  Nicholas's  Church, 
that  the  Carolean  Pilgrimage  of  191 1  came  to  an  end. 

There  is  certainly  a  good  deal  about  Tattersall  which  is  still 
undiscovered,  and  the  Pilgrimage  has  apparently  re-awakened  an  in- 
terest in  the  subject.  To  Mr.  H.  D.  Roberts  I  am  indebted  for 
copies   of  the   following   important   entries    in    the   Brighton  parish 

registers. 

"  t6o6  Septembr.  The  ffirst  married 

Nichollas  Tetersolle  and 

JoanE  Peirce 

1638  November.  The  xxviith  married 

Nichollas  Tetersoale,  Jn' 

and  Suzan  Cake."  * 

They  apparently  record  the  marriages  of  the  captain  of  the 
"Surprise"  and  his  father. 

The  tomb  of  King  Charles's  preserver  at  Brighton  is  certainly 
far  more  ornate  than  the  rough,  inscribed  flag-stone  which  alone 
marks  the  last  resting-place  of  the  Sovereign  he  saved  in  Westminster 
Abbey.  If  the  satisfactory  settlement  of  some  existing  doubts  con- 
cerning the  events  of  1651,  and  the  bringing  to  light  of  facts  hitherto 
unknown  connected  with  the  fascinating  historical  romance  happily 
called  the  "  Flight  of  the  King,"  result  either  directly  or  indirectly 
from  the  Carolean  Pilgrimage  of  191 1,  it  will  assuredly  not  have 
been  undertaken  altogether  in  vain. 


A.  M.  BROADLEY. 


The  Knapp,  Bradpole,  Bridport, 
March  17,  1912, 


♦  In  the  Bishop's  transcripts  of  the  Brighton  registers  Mr.  Waher  C.  Renshaw  has 
discovered  the  baptismal  entry  of  the  captain  of  the  "  Surprise  "  : 

"1617  Sep  3  Nichollas  S.  of  Nich»  Teterselle  bap" 

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To  the  Kings  il/oj^  Excellent  Majesty 

Great  Sir 

/ir/)^«  J/  was  your  devout  resolve  to  praise  God  t 
tionfor  your  no  less  miraculous,  preservation,  t 

When  it  was  reported  you  would,  assume  your  . 
with  Caesar,  your  own  Commentaries  ;  or  wi 
your  other  self ;  tell  what  the  Lord  hath  done 

When  your  miraculous  escape  was  an  argument 
most,  that  you  are  the  power  over  us,  ordained  of 
It  was  but  reasonable  that  those  who  were  fu 
tion  in  the  particulars  of  that  providence  should 
cate  them  i.  to  the  honour  of  God  the  author,  2 
and  3  to  the  satisfaction  of  a  whole  nation  that 
the  Anointed  of  the  Lord,  the  breath  of  th 
being  taken  in  their  nets. 
And,  it  is  no  less  reasonable,  that  such  a  piece,  be 
be  dedicated  to  youre  Majesty,  that  you  may  now 
suffered,  that  you  may  with  pleasure  remember, 
with  sorrow. 


n  the  great  Congrega- 
len  rcstauration 

^oyal  pen,  and  write, 
■h  the  Royal  prophet 
for  your  soul 

of  power  to  convince 
God. 

'nished  with  informa- 
impartially  communi- 
.  to  your  own  honour, 
is  very  solicitous  how 
eir   nostrils,  escaped 

ing  attempted,  should 
enjoy  what  you  once 
what  you  once  knew 


Olim  hoBc  meminisse  juvabit 

Something  more  solemn,  Majestique,  and  elegant,  becomes  you,  but 
that  the  ornament  of  history  is  naked  truth :  besides  I  durst  not 
he  Ingenious  with  your  miseries,  nor  play  with  your  misfortunes. 

May  your  good  people,  by  your  gracious  permission,  understand, 
what  they  have  hitherto  but  admired ;  that  they  may  speak  them  to 
their  children,  and  speak  of  them,  when  they  sit  in  their  house, 
when  they  walk  in  the  way,  when  they  lye   down,  and  rise  up! 

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for  keeping 
June  28  day  of 
Thanksgiying. 


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Deut.  6  &  II.  and  I  have  done  offending  the  publick  good,  in  these 

minute  diversions  I  have  given  to  your  great  thoughts,  when  I  have 

subscribed  myself 

Your  Majesties,  most  Loyal 

Subject,   and    most   humble 

Servants 


The  Publisher  to  the  Reader. 

This  History  comes  forth  neither  too  soon,  nor  too  late,  nor  so 
far  off  that  the  footsteps  of  truth  are  worn  out,  as  in  some  ancient 
stories,  saith  one,  where  the  most  cunning  hunters  are  at  a  losse,  nor 
yet  so  near,  that  the  heels  of  truth  ought  to  be  feared,  though  he  is  an 
unworthy  historian  who  overvalueth  his  own  safety  to  the  injury  of 
the  present  age,  the  age  past  and  postery  ;:  the  impartiality  in  inquiring 
the  particulars  of  this  providence,  which  most  ages  will  have  much 
ado  to  believe,  save  that  wherein  it  was  acted,  makes  us  confident  in 
appeal  to  all  the  surviving  actors,  which  1  submit  to,  as  judges  of  our 
integrity.     The  Sybil  brought  Tarquin  some  books,  and  demanded  so 
much  for  them,  which  when  he  refused  she  burnt  half  and  brought  the 
rest  again  at  the  same  rate  ;  but  our  nation  hath  been  offered  the  very 
scraps  of  this  history  for  great  rates,  and  hath  accepted  them.     How  it 
will  now  entertain  the  Whole  I   know  not,  we  could  as  well  have 
obtruded,  lies,  as  truth,  and  gained  as  much  by  a  pamphlet  as  by  an 
history  :  the  good  people  will  do  well  to  give  a  kind  entertainment  to 
this  whole  history,  least  they  pay  as  much  for  half  a  one. 


When  neither  i.  birth,  whereby  he  was  the  Jirst  bom  among  many 
brethren,  nor  2.  the  Law  of  the  land,  which  allows  each  person  his 
peculiar  allotment  and  possession  :  Nor  3.  a  Possession  since  memory  : 

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Nor  4,  endowments,  which,  if  they  were  not  possessed  of  ancient 
Majesty,  deserved  a  new  one  :  Nor  5.  when  the  general  wishes  of  his 
people  could  not  prevail  with  desperate  and  resolved  Usurpurs. 

His  sacred  Majesty  CHARLES  the  II  (according  to  the 
respective  articles  of  the  treaty  at  Breda)  having  arrived  in  June  1650 
(not  without  some  danger  at  sea)  at  Spey  in  the  >  orth  of  Scotland^  and 
being  crowned  on  the  first  of  January  next  ensuing,  at  Schone  ;  makes 
use  of  the  Army  of  22000  men  (raised  by  his  Subjects  of  Scotland 
according  to  agreement)  to  reduce  them.  A  part)  in  Parliament  under 
the  influence  of  O.  C.  H.  I.  etc.  Having  so  hardened  us  in  our  misery^ 
that  his  gracious  Majesty  must  compell  us  to  bu  happy,  that  worth, 
which  kingdoms  would  have  courted,  must  force  its  way  to  a  king- 
dome  here.  And  therefore,  he  marches  with  that  army,  by  way  of 
Carlisle^  to  England  Aug.  i.  51.  (in  the  mean  tine  sending  his  Royal 
pardon,  from  his  Camp  at  Woodhouse  neer  the  bc»rder  ;  to  all  persons, 
except  O.  C.  H  Ireton^  J  Bradshaw,  J  Cooke  etc  whom  mercy  itself  could 
not  but  punish)  as  his  harbinger  to  the  whole  nadon,  especially  in  the 
City  of  London,  at  whose  beck  lay  the  whole  K  ngdom,  where  its  by 
Shrieflf  Tichb's  (i).  own  hands,  as  they  say,  burmid,  while  the  Westmin 
Declaration  against  his  Majesty,  and  all  that  adherec  to  him,  was  solemnly 
proclaimed  with  beat  of  Drum,  and  sound  of  Trumpet. 

In  his  way,  having  received  a  consideral)le  supply  from  the 
Renowned  Earl  of  Derby,  and  disputed  a  passage  successfully  at 
fVerrington  bridge:  he  arrived  after  300  Miles  march  from  St  John- 
ston's, upon  the  22  of  August  at  Worcester  ;  and  was  there,  proclaimed 
King  of  England,  Scotland,  France  &  Ireland  8ic.  upon  the  23  by 
Mr  Lysens  the  Mayor,  &  Mr  Bridges  the  Sher  flf  of  that  renowned 
City,  upon  which  day  he  summoned  the  Ne  ghbouring  Nobility, 
Gentry,  and  others,  according  to  a  Statute  in  that  case  provided,  from 
16  to  60.  to  appeare  in  armes  at  Pitchcroft  on  the  26,  where  accord- 
ing to  summons,  appeared  F.  L,  Tolbot,  with  6(»  horse,  Mr.  Touchet, 
Sir  /  Packington,   Sir  W.  Blunt,  Sr  R   Clare,   Mr.  Sceldon  of  Bewly, 

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Mr  JVashboume  of  Witchingford  with  40  horse,  Mr  Horny  old  with  40 
more,  Mr  Acton^  Mr  Blunt,  Mr  Knotsford  &c.  Notwithstanding  which 
accesse  his  Majesties  Army  was  conceived  not  above  12000,  especially 
since  the  E  of  Derby  was  defeated  by  Col  Lilburne  on  the  25  Aug  near 
fViggan  in  Lancashire ,  where  the  Lord  Widdrington,  Sr  T.  T^ihleyy  Col 
Trollop,  L  Col  Galliard,  &c  were  slain,  Col.  Roscarrocke  was  wounded, 
Sir  fF,  Throckmorton,  Sir  Tim  Fetherston,  and  Col.  5^/««  were  taken, 
the  Earle  himself  hardly  escaping,  with  Col:  Roscarrocke,  and  two 
Servants,  through  the  Confines  of  Straffordshire  &  Shropshire  to 
Worcester. 

Cromwell  in  the  mean  time  having  seduced,  or  awed  the  whole 
nation  to  come  &  hedge  in  his  Majesty  as  clearly  as  H  of  Franu 
was  hedged  in  at  Agen  Court;  Commands  Lambert  to  attacque  the 
bridge,  and  pass,  at  Upon,  seven  Miles  below  Worchester  on  the  28 
Aug.  Whence  M.  Gen.  Massy  being  beat  off,  made  a  retreat  as  much 
to  his  own  honour  as  if  he  had  conquered. 

And  he  himself  advances  from  Pershore  to  Sloughton  within 
4  Mile  of  Worchester  Southward  facing  it  at  the  evening  with  a  party 
of  horse,  appearing  the  next  day  at  Redhill  within  a  mile  from  Wor- 
cester, with  a  great  body  of  Horse  &  Foot,  making  a  bonne-mine  but 
attempting  nothing. 

Upon  the  30.  of  August  his  Majesty  commanded  1500.  choice 
Horse  &  Foot,  under  Middleton  &  Keyth,  to  beat  up  the  enemies 
quarters,  probably  with  success,  had  they  not  been  discovered  by  one 
Guyes  a  Taylor  who  was  afterward  hanged. 

The  fatal  3  Septemb,  being  come,  his  Majesty  holds  a  Council  of 
Warr,  upon  the  top  of  the  Colledge  Church  Steeple  :  and  observing 
some  firing  at  Powick  bridge  between  Lambert,  Ingolsby  &  Gibbons  on 
the  one  hand,  and  M.  Gen  Montgomery  tz  Coll:  Keyth  on  the  other, 
and,  seeing  a  bridge  of  boates  made  over  Severne  under,  Buncil,  by 
O  C,  went  in  person  to  order  &  encourage  the  Souldiers  at  Powicke  to 
maintain  that  bridge,  and  prevent  the  other  ;  and  thence  returning,  his 

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Majesty  marched  with  the  D  of  Buckingham  through  Sudbury  gate  to 
meet  Cromwell,  who  was  now  got  to  an  advantageous  post  at  Perry- 
wood,  within  a  mile  of  the  City,  &  joyning  witl  Hamilton,  For  bus  & 
diverse  others,  persons  of  great  worth  &  quality,  forced  him,  and  his 
Janizares,  to  retreat,  beyond  their  great  guns  a  while,  untill  they  were 
overpowerd  with  multitudes  of  new  supplies,  \7hich  surfeited  their 
valour  rather  than  subdued  it,  when  his  Majesty  having  performed 
wonders  (his  arch  enemy  being  judge)  was  forced  to  retreat  in  at 
Sudbury  Gate  in  some  disorder  (with  the  loss  of  D.  Hamilton,  Sr  John 
Douglas,  Sr  Alex  Forbus  &  Fort  100).  a  Cart  load  of  Ammunition  being 
overthrown  in  the  gate,  so  that  his  Majesty  could  not  ride  in  (the 
enemy  in  the  mean  time  possessing  himself  of  Sr  John's), 

In  Friers  Street,  his  Majesty  put  of(f)  his  armour,  &  took  a 
freesh  horse,  riding  up  &  down  among  the  dejected  Souldjery,  with  his 
hat  in  his  hand,  entreating  them  to  stand  to  theii  armes,  but  when  he 
could  not  prevail  told  them,  /  had  rather  you  woild  shoot  me,  then  keep 
me  alive,  to  see  the  sad  consequence  of  this  fatal  day  ;  and  then  Marched 
out  at  St.  M,  Gate  about  6  in  the  evening,  with  his  horse  commanded 
by  Lesley;  when  the  enemy  in  the  interim  was  stopped  in  Sudbury 
Street  by  the  R.  Honourable  the  E.  Cleavelanc,  Sr  James  Hamilton^ 
Col  Carlesse  &c,  whose  valour  &  despair  did  wonders. 

His  Majesty  at  'Barbones  bridges  proposed  another  attempt,  but 
the  D  of  Buckingham  L.  Wilmot,  concluding  the  day  was  lost,  resolve 
Northward  by  the  direction  of  one  Walter,  fornierly  Schoolmaster  to 
Col :  Sands  Governour  of  Worcester. 

But  this  Walker  being  in  the  twilight  puzr.led  in  the  way ;  his 
Majesty  consulted  with  the  D.  B ,  the  E  of  Derly  &c  about  some  rest 
and  safety,  the  Earl  of  Derby,  having  (having)  made  tryal  of  Boscabel 
house  in  his  flight  from  Wiggan,  acquaints  the  Ki  ig  of  its  conveniency 
which  was  suggested  to  be  very  probable  in  that  it  was  a  Papisfs 
mansion  house,  who,  being  used  to  persecution,  &  searcher,  were  most 
like  to  have  the  readiest  means  and  safest  contrivances  to  preserve 

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him,  his  Majesty  is  guided  thither  by  M.  C{harles)  Giffard  with  one 
Tates^  a  servant  passing  through  Stourbridge^  speaking  French  to  pre- 
vent any  discovery  of  his  Majestie's  presence,  his  Majesty  discoursing 
with  Col  Roscorroke  touching  the  security  of  the  E  of  Derby ^  and  he 
found  all  Boscobal  house. 

His  Majesty  having  in  the  evening  left  Lesley  going  directly 
Northward  by  Newport  &  privily  leaving  the  D.B  (Duke  of  Bucking- 
ham), E.  Lauderdale,  L.  Wilmot,  L.  Talbot,  Col.  Blague,  Roscorrocke, 
Mr.  Darcy,  Mr  Lane,  Mr  Armour,  Mr  May,  Mr  Giffard,  Mr  Street  &c, 
goes  to  fVbiteladies  half  a  mile  from  Boscobel,  that  the  company  might 
not  know  whether  his  Majesty  directly  intended,  thence  one  Martin 
(a  boy  in  the  house)  is  sent  for  fVill  Penderel  to  Whiteladies,  whom  the 
E  of  Derby  took  into  the  Inner  Parlour,  and  shewed  him  the  King, 
saying,  have  as  much  care  of  him  as  thou  hadst  of  me. 

His  Majesty,  having  cut  his  hair,  coloured  his  face  with  Walnuts, 
having  put  off  his  princely  accoutriments,  and  put  on  a  noggen*  shirt 
of  one  Martin's,  and  a  green  suit  &  Leather  doublet  of  R.  Pendril, 
hastens  out  at  the  back  door  with  R  Pendril  unknown  to  the  country 
save  same  intimates  who  parted  with  him  in  the  backside  with  sad 
hearts,  in  regard  to  a  troop  of  the  enemies  under  Col:  Ashenhurst 
quartered  at  Catsal  3  miles  off,  some  whereof  came  to  the  house  within 
half  an  hour  after  the  company  was  gone. 

The  Duke  of  Buckingham,  the  Earl  of  Derby  &c,  In  the  mean-time 
with  fourty  horse  are  guided  by  Mr  Giffard  after  Lesley,  but  the 
Earl  of  Derby,  Earl  Louderdail  were  taken  prisoners,  and  the  Earl  of 
Derby  was  afterwards  condemned  by  Col  Mac  Knorth,  M.  Gen.  Milton, 
Col  Duckenfield,  Col.  Bradshaw,  Col:  Croxton,  Col  Twistleton,  L  Col: 
Birchenhead,  L.  Col.  Finch,  L.  Col.  Newton  &c,  Sitting  in  a  Counsel 
of  War  Oct  i  1651,  by  an  order  from  O.  C.  grounded  on  Aug  12. 
then  last  past,  notwithstanding  he  pleaded  quarter  given  him  by  one 
Captf  Edge  who  took  him  Prisoner,  and  beheaded  at  Boulton  Oct:  15. 

*  Hempen  or  coarae. 

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The  Duke  escaped  in  a  disguise  (quittin:^  his  horse,  and  the 
George  which  was  given  him  by  the  Q  oi  Englani)  to  Mr  Hawkleyes 
in  Nottinghamshire,  and  thence  to  the  Lady  Villi ers  in  Leicestershire, 
thence  came  to  London,  &  escaped  to  France^  the  Lord  Talbot  was  in 
his  Father's  out-houses  for  five  dayes,  untill  he  was  almost  stiffled  & 
starved.  The  Earl  of  Cleavland  was  taken  at  ME!  BrughtorCs  house  at 
Woodcot  in  Shropshire, 

His  sacred  Majestie  lyes  the  while  on  a  blan  ced  in  spring  coppice, 
with  Rich.  Penderelly  and  eating  some  buttered  eggs  with  a  mess  of 
milk,  of  goodwife  Tates  providing,  and  asking  t  le  Woman,  cheerfully 
(whose  sex  he  knew  was  no  good  concealer  of  :i  secret)  good  Woman ^ 
can  you  be  faithfull  to  a  distressed  Cavalier?  W hereunto  she  replied, 
1  will  dye  rather  than  discover  you. 

But  my  Lord  Wilmot^  being  conducted  by  one  Walker  to  Mr 
Huntbaches  house  at  Brinsford  ;  and  by  J.  Penderel  to  Mr  Whitgreavet 
at  Mosely,  by  Mr.  Huddleston's  means,  where  mv  Lord  saw  such  Con- 
veniences that  he  said,  I  would  give  a  World  my  friend  {meaning  the  King) 

were  here. 

On  Thursday  night  his  Majesty  resolved  to  go  from  these  parts 
to  Wales,  a  Countrey  eminent,  for  security  &  :or  faithfulness,  where 
the  People,  and  there  dwellings,  would  have  outvied  each  other  in 
Loyalty,  and  his  Majesty  would  be  safe,  both  in  there  hearts  and  in 
there  Caves^  thus  our  David  was  hunted  like  a  l^artridge  to  the  top  of 
the  mountains:  Richard  Pendrel  must  be  the  ,^uide  of  his  ways  & 
manners,  a  tutor  whose  business  it  was  to  untcach  him  of  all  he  had 
learned  in  School,  Camp,  or  Court,  and  to  breed  him  a  Royal  Clown, 
to  which  purpose  to  takes  him  to  the  renowned  Academy,  his  own 
house  at  Hobbal  grange,  where  his  Majesty  tool:  equall  content  in  the 
old  goodwife  RenderelTs  father,  as  in  her  Son's  Rustickness  :  and 
pleased  himself  to  see  how  as  the  good  Woman  could  bear  the  honour 
she  had  to  entertain  a  King,  and  her  Son  had  to  rerve  him,  there  he  had 
time,  and  means,  to  disguise  himself  compleatly,  though  it  was  a  hard 

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task  for  his  Majesty  to  keep  himself  from  breaking  out  through  all 
concealment :  Innate  Royalty  betrays  its  worth  in  Rags  and  clouts  : 
the  King  of  Niniveh  was  as  much  a  Prince  in  his  sackcloath  as  in  his 
Robes  :  a  Diamond  will  glisten  in  a  dungill,  and  a  star  is  discovered 
by  a  night :  and  first  he  must  be  contented  to  go  under  the  name  of 
William  Jones ;  name  (saith  Plalo)  are  a  shadow  of  things,  his  Majesties 
blacks  were  of  to  taint  a  dye  without  the  tincture  of  Tautology,  with- 
out a  shadowe's  shadow,  and  then  he  must  on  with  a  leathern  breeches, 
neer  kin  to  that  coat  of  skins  God  made  J^am,  as  the  Rabins  think, 
out  of  the  skins  of  the  sacrificed  beasts,  when  he  cloathed  them,  carrying 
in  his  hand  a  wood  bill  or  a  Shepheard's  crook  right  like  a  Shepheard 
of  the  People,  as  Homer  terms  Kings  of  old,  now  Heaven  might  really 
spake  to  CHAR(L)ES  what  it  spake  to  Cyrus  in  a  figure  Es  44.48. 
He  is  my  Shepheard,  thus  about  nine  at  night  (after  a  little  refreshment 
to  flatter  rather  than  satisfie  nature),  his  Majesty  with  the  whole  guard 
of  a  single  Richard,  began  his  journey  on  foot.     Now  we  see  that  evill 
under  the  Sun,  Servants  ride  on  horse  back,  and  Princes  walk  on  foot. 
Thus  David  went  up  Mount  Olivet  with  sackcloath  on  his  head  and 
bare  footed  ;  they  resolve  that  night  for  Madeley  in  Shropshire  about 
five  miles  from  White  Ladies,  and  within  a  mile  of  Severne  over  which 
they  were  to  pass  to  Walles. 

But  my  Lord  Wilmot  thinking  not  himself  secure,  while  his 
Soveraign  was  but  in  a  likely-hood  of  danger,  employes  Jo  &  Penderel 
from  Mosely  to  White  Ladyes,  to  inform  himself  of  the  King's  safety, 
who  returned  word,  that  his  Majesty  was  gone  :  whereupon  my  Lord 
having  but  himself  now  to  secure,  consults  his  own  safety,  as  well  as 
nature  &  reason  disturbed  with  troubles,  extremities,  dangers  &  fears, 
that  betrayeth  the  succours  of  reason :  about  this  time  Col  Lane  according 
to  appointment  comes  to  Moseley  and  (after  a  solemn  addresse  to  my 
Lord,  which  was  as  civilly  returned  as  it  was  made,  acquainted 
my  Lord,  how  his  Sister  Jane  had  a  passe  for  herself  and  a  Man 
to  go  to   Bristoll,  to   see  a   sister  there  neer  her  time  of  Lying  in, 

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which  he  said  his  Lordship  might  make  use  of :  whereunto  my  Lord 
being  Inclinable,  and  on  Saturday  night  was  cor  ducted  by  the  Col's 
Man  (himself  not  being  well)  to  his  house  at  Bentley,  taking  his  leave, 
very  solemnely  of  Mr.  Whitgrave  ;  and  discovered  himself  to  him,  who 
was  sorry  he  could  not  enjoy  my  Lord,  but  then  when  he  parted  with 
him  :  so  our  enjoyments  are  most  commonly  understood  when  Lost. 

His  Majesty  in  the  mean  time  in  his  way  to  Madely  with  his  man 
Richard,  were  put  to  it  at  Evelin-hn&gt,  about  t^  o  miles,  from  hence, 
for  the  miller  having  entertained  some  Cavalie-s,  was  very  carefull 
upon  his  guard,  when  they  letting  a  gate,  througfi  which  they  passed, 
clap  together,  made  him  ask  boldly  who  was  there,  being  surprised  with 
a  sudden  &  neer  danger,  two  things  that  will  riison  that  passion  of 
fear  in  the  most  stayed  soul ;  whereupon  his  M  ajesty  being  guarded 
with  Innocence,  the  best  armour  against  dangers  from  without,  and 
fears  from  within,  and  being  righteous  was  bold  as  a  Lyon.  Prov  :  28.  I. 
While  Richard  for  fear  of  his  friends  {Omnia  tuta  timet,  non  minus 
presidium  suum  quam  hostes  metuit  tanto  discrimine,  Liv  i.  Virg:  An.  \.  3) 
betakes  himself  to  by-ways  ;  where  he  was  force  i  with  his  Majesty  to 
wade  through  a  little  brook  which  contributed  much  to  the  galling 
of  his  Majesties  tender  feet,  never  used  to  those  hardships,  which  had 
been  intolerable  to  some  subjects. 

Here  his  Majesty  (as  he  was  afterwards  plej.sed  to  observe,  when 
he  took  pleasure  to  remember  those  extremities  which  were  now  no 
lesse  than  torments  to  suflfer)  was  like  to  lose  his  guide,  but  that  the 
russling  of  his  calfe  skin  breaches  brought  ty  dings  of  him,  when 
he  could  not  see  him.  At  last  his  Majesty  arrives  at  Madely  about 
midnight  &  knocked  at  Mr  Wolfes,  where  they  v^ere  all  a  bed,  but  his 
daughter  arose  and  opened  to  them,  where  his  Majesty  durst  but 
refresh  himself,  and  hearing  that  the  Enemy  'vas  thick  thereabout, 
guarding  all  passages  over  the  Severn,  retires  to  an  adjoyning  barn 
(a  Court  now  for  Herod ;  there  is  the  Court,  vhere  is  the  King,  & 
place  as  eminent  as  the  threshold  of  Araunah  :)  the  sad  lodging  was 

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a  little  bettered  with  Mr  Wolfes  good  company,  and  his  discourse  of 
severall  particulars  of  Importance,  especially  of  his  Majesties  Journey, 
for  the  promoting  whereof  care  is  taken  for  a  more  particular 
information  of  the  guards  upon  the  Seveme^  which  proved  to  be  so 
strict  upon  all  bridges,  and  even  ferry-boats  that  it  was  thought 
dangerous  to  proceed  in  the  journey  for  Wales,  and  upon  second 
thoughts  it  was  thought  fit  to  return  to  Boscobel,  being  the  most 
retired  place  for  concealment  in  all  the  Countrey :  belonging  to 
Recusants,  who  being  used  to  searches  &  persecution,  had  been  taught 
the  best  contrivances,  for  security  &  privacy. 

In  the  mean  time,  Mr.  Wolfes  care  &  love,  with  his  majesties  own 
just  fears  &  discreet  suspicion,  thinking  his  majesty  not  sufficiently 
disguised,  Mrs  Wolfe  provides  some  walnut-tree  leaves,  and  put  his 
Majesties  face  &  hands  in  an  hue  suitable  to  his  apparel  &  gesture, 
that  he  might  have  some  colour  for  a  disguise.  Let  not  all  this  care 
to  hide  himself  be  at  all  imputed  to  his  cowardice  (for  he  is  the  man 
that  feared  no  colours)  but  to  that  discretion  that  taught  him  wisely  to 
escape  the  dangers  which  he  could  not  valiantly  subdue  ;  makeing  use 
of  the  close  opportunity  of  a  night  to  refresh  himself  at  the  house 
(which  the  day  forbad  him)  about  a  ii.  a  clock  he  sets  out  with  his 
Fidus  Achates^  Richard  on  foot,  towards  Boscobell  where  he  arrived  about 
three  a  clock  on  Saturday  morning,  but  durst  not  go  in  until  Richard 
had  looked  in,  and  seen  whether  there  were  any  Souldiers,  or  other 
danger  there  (his  Majesty  in  these  troubles  keeping  up  his  mind 
equall,  and  his  reason  ready  to  assist  with  all  caution  &  circum- 
spectnesse)  while  the  honest  man  went  in,  his  majesty  was  left  in  the 
wood  safe,  within  the  concealment  of  a  double  night,  one  from  nature, 
and  another  from  the  wood. 

When  Richard  (then  Scoutmaster  General)  came  to  Boscobell,  who 
should  he  meet  there  but  Colonel  Carlesse,  who  had  with  much  difficulty 
escaped  thither  from  Worcester,  where  he  stayed  to  see  the  last  man  dye, 
being  a  man  of  that  valour,  that  durst  not  leave  a  field  as  long  as  there 

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remained  a  friend  to  be  assisted,  or  an  enemy  to  be  subdued,  here  to 
his  own  Countrey,  he  betook  himself  for  relief  &  for  security,  having 
been  awhile  in  the  wood  for  the  one,  and  being  now  come  to  the  house 

for  the  other. 

The  Col.  was  no  sooner  informed  that  his  Majesty  was  in  the 
wood,  that  he  hastens  thither  with  Richard  to  gi/e  there  attendance, 
where  they  found  his  Majesty  sitting  on  the  root  of  a  tree  (so  King 
Saul  abode  in  Gibeah  under  a  tree  in  Ramah)  gvarded  no  doubt  by 
Angels,  to  whom  God  gave  a  charge  over  him,  who  no  doubt  in  this 
Wilderness  came  U  ministered  unto  him. 

The  Col.  addressing  himself  to  his  Majesty  in  a  posture,  becoming 
the  most  loyal  subject,  and  his  Majesty  receiving  him  with  affections, 
becoming  the  most  gracious  Soveraign,  they  came   both  to  the  house, 
and  heartily  eat  such  cibum  parabile  as  bread  &  cheese,  and  the  like, 
which  the  house  aflfoorded  (his  Majesties  good  constitution  being  able 
to  digest  what  many  a  subject  could  not)  onely  th<i  good  wife  affoorded 
his  majesty  a  posset  of  their  milk  &  small  beer,  and  got  ready  some 
warm  water  to  wash  his  feet,  now  not  only  extrcam  dirty,  but  much 
galled  with  travell.     It  was  a  custom  amongst  the  Jews,  as  appears 
throughout  the  Old  Testament,  see  Joseph  Ant  i  &  of  the  Grcecians, 
Athen.  1.  14.     And  it  is  thought  no  less  than  an  ordinance  for  Chris- 
tians to  wash  each  others  feet,  a  thing  now  indeed  not  only  charitable, 
especially  had  the  good  Woman  the  wine  &   spices  usuall  at  such 
performances  instead  of  her  warm  water :  see  Godw- Jewish  &  Rous  his 
Greek  Antiquities. 

The  Col.  thought  himself  highly  happy  when  he  had  the  honour 
to  unloose  his  highnesse  shoe  latchet,  which  was  properly  to  ease  him 
Math  3.  Dr  Hamond  ibid,  especially  considering  ihat  they  were  full  of 
gravell,  &  wet,  yet  the  house  could  not  afford  an  exchange  :  but  while 
his  majesties  feet  were  washed,  and  his  stockuns  shifted,  they  put 
embers  into  his  great  shoes  to  dry  them  :  But  a  [as  !  his  majesty  could 
not  be  secure  in  the  house,  hardly  time  to  refresh  himself,  but  he  must 

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be  back  to  the  wood  for  fear  of  a  surprise,  where  he  might  securely 
(like  the  higher  beings)  see,  and  not  be  seen,  being  come  to  the  wood 
among  the  several  Stately  trees,  now  ambitious  to  be  his  majesties 
Court  and  :  throne,  a  thick-Ieaved  oak  is  pitched  on,  one  thats  now 
revered  for  Antiquity,  and  once  sacred  to  a  Deity.     Indeed  Oaks  have 
been   counted  sacred  among  the  Jews,  Jeremie  24,   26.   Esek  6.    13 
Hos  4.  13.  and  the  Gentiles  Plin  12.  6.  i  C^sar  Com.  6.  ^trubo.  Geog.  4 
Btod,  Stc.  I  5  Cluzer  4.  24.  Buckens  Delph.  phcen.  append,  p.  38,  39,  40 
Into  this  Oak  his  majesty  &  the  Collond  yet  being  assisted  by  mil  & 
R  Penderel,  who  (like  the  Jackal,  the  Lyons  providore)  went  abroad,  as 
his  Majesties  purveyors,  for  such  provisions  for  his  Majesty,  as  that 
place  afFoorded.     But  alas  nature  called  not  so  much  for  food  to  eat,  as 
for  sleep  to  digest  what  had  been  eaten.     It  was  now  almost  two  nights 
since  his  Majesty  had  enjoyed  the  happy  minute  to  slumber  in. 

Therefore  a  cushion  is  called  for,  whereon  his  majesty  might  rest 
some  part  of  his  body,  while  that  sacred  head  (whose  security  disturbed 
the  Usurpers  many  a  night)  rested  it  self  on  his  beloved  Carless  his  lap  • 
where  he  slumbered  away  some  part  of  the  day,  notwithstanding  the 
unevenness  hardnesse,  and  danger  of  his  Lodging,  the  Honourable 
Colonel  in  the  mean  time  watching,  least  his  majesty  should  fall  down 
and  looking  about  him  least  they  should  be  both  surprized. 

When  the  Evening  Courteously  sheltered  them,  and  night  offered 
them  a  protection,  they  returned  to  the  house,  where  his  Majesty  was 
informed  of  the  secret  place  whererein  the  Earl  of  Derby  had  been 
secured,  which  his  Majesty  liked  so  well,  that  he  entrusted  himself  to 
It  hopmg  that  a  place  so  faithfull  to  a  subject,  could  not  but  be 
faithful!  to  a  Pnnce,  his  Majesty  being  now  at  more  ease  and  leasure, 
and  m  better  security,  permits  one  of  the  honest  Brothers  to  play  the 
harbour  upon  him,  and  cut  the  hair  as  short  as  the  scissers  would  do 
it,  but  leaving  some  about  his  ears,  that  he  might  in  no  particular 
come  short  of  a  Countrey  Clown  :  In  the  mean  time  Col  :  Carless 
stands  by,  and  makes  his  pleasant  observations  upon  the  action  ;  and 

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tells  his  Majesty  Will  was  but  a  mean  barber,  to  which  his  Majesty 
replied,  he  had  not  been  shaved  by  any  barber  before ;  the  Colonel  asked 
William,  who  was  Oberon's  barber,  when  he  trimmec  himself?  and  some 
other  pleasant  passages,  to  ease  his  sacred  Majesty-  of  his  heavy  cares, 
and  to  divert  his  mind  from  the  sad  thoughts  his  affairs  suggested 

to  him. 

Interpone  tuis  interdum  gaudia  curts — 

Non  semper  Arcum  tendit,  sed  semel  in  anno 
ridit  Apollo  : 

They  bade  miliam  burn  the  hair  he  cut  off,  east  there  should  be 
any  of  the  superfluities  of  his  Majesty  to  betray  either  himself  or  the 
poor  man  :  but  Will  durst  be  disobedient  in  tha:  particular,  being  to 
burn  these  comely  locks,  wherewith  he  has  since  pleasured  some 
persons  of  Honour  with,  who  cabinet  them  up,  as  devoutly  as  the 
most  sacred  Relique  of  Rome :  admirable  indeed  is  gracious  loveliness 
of  each  curl :  Its  true,  its  black  but  comely, 

Leda  fuit  nigris  conspicienda  comis.     Ovid. 

Thus  it  may  be  he  redeemed  his  head,  with  the  loss  of  his  hair  : 
so  the  merchant  saves  himself  with  the  losse  of  his  rich  fraught. 

Now  Humphrey  Penderel  was  to  go  to  Shefnal  (in  Shropshire)  to 
pay  Cap.  Proudway  some  taxes  :  where  (the  enemies  swarming  so 
thick  in  each  corner  of  the  Countrey)  he  must  needs  fall  upon  some 
Parliament  Souldiers,  among  whom,  a  Collonel,  being  informed  that 
the  King  had  been  at  Whiteladies,  and  finding  thut  Humphrey  lived  not 
far  off,  examined  him  very  strictly,  assaulting  hi  n  with  the  two  most 
likely  temptations,  1  mean  fear,  and  hope  :  tie  first  whereof,  he 
worked  upon,  with  punishment  severely  threatened,  the  other  with 
reward,  insinuatingly  promised,  neither  of  which  prevailed,  upon  solid 
honesty,  or  upon  plain  or  resolved  Loyalty  :  the  honest  man  durst  not 
for  all  those  grievous  torments  threatened  to  all  his  Majesties  abettors, 

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complices  &c  betray  his  gracious  soveraign,  nor  for  the  one  thousand 
pounds  reward,  for  discovering  him,  betray  an  innocent  man  ;  he 
knew  what  became  of  that  person,  who  for  some  pieces  of  silver 
betrayed,  innocent  bloud. 

He  made  use  of  the  obvious  plea  of  ignorance  which  seeming 
probable,  from  a  man  of  his  make,  brought  him  off  clearly,  and  was 
fairly  dismissed,  and  then  he  thought  it  long  before  he  could  arrive 
at  his  Majesty  &  the  loyal  Collonel  to  give  a  narrative  of  what  passed 
between  him  &  the  Parliament  Collonel,  which  he  did  to  his  Majesties 
satisfaction  in  all  particulars  :  only  his  Majestie  discreetly  suspected 
his  future  safely  among  so  mean  &  needy  persons,  now  there  was 
such  a  price  laid  upon  his  head  :  yet  he  said  nothing,  least  if  he 
betrayed  his  suspicion  of  them,  he  would  make  them  guilty  :  whereas 
on  the  contrary,  Seneca  saith,  whom  you  would  have  Innocent^  let  him 
know  by  your  trust  of  him^  that  you  think  him  so  ;  therefore  at  night  his 
Majesty  committing  the  care  of  the  avenues  of  the  house,  and  broad 
wayes  to  the  brothers  still,  was  pleased  to  accept  of  a  treatment  from 
the  good  wife  (whom  his  Majesty  was  pleased  to  call  my  dame  Joan) 
for  she  had  provided  some  chicken  for  his  Majesties  supper,  whereof 
he  was  pleased  to  eat  very  heartily.  And  after  supper  there  was  a 
little  pallet  put  up  into  his  retyring  room  for  his  highness  to  rest  in, 
where  (after  a  competent  supper,  so  many  dayes  travels,  and  night- 
watchings,  and  being  now,  in  some  measure  of  security)  he  could  not 
but  sleep  well  the  most  part  of  that  night. 

Collonel  Carelesse  not  willing,  to  put  the  next  day,  being  Sunday^ 
to  the  trouble  of  providing  &  caring  for  itself  after  supper  asked  his 
Majesty,  what  meat  he  would  please  to  have  provided  for  the  morrow  ? 
his  Majesty  (who  is  observed  to  take  more  delight  in  solid  meat  than 
in  kickshaws)  presently  desired  some  mutton,  //  it  might  be  had :  the 
Collonel  and  the  rest  being  willing  to  satisfy  their  masters  desire,  but 
withall,  as  willing  to  consult  his  safety,  debate  how  this  mutton  could 
be  procured  ;  mine  host  was  not  so  well  provided,  either  in  his  house, 

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or  in  his  field;  to  go  for  it  anywhere  would  ha\e  been  dangerous,  it 
being  like  to  breed  a  suspicion  that  he  had  some  strangers  at  home, 
he  himself  having  seldom  any  occasions  to  make  mch  provisions,  not  as 
he  pro/esedf  since  the  merry-making  at  the  christening  of  his  eldest  child : 
Therefore  there  was  a  third  expedient  found  out  a  neighbours  sheep 
that  rented  some  of  Boscobell  ground  must  be  borrowed,  unknown  to 
the  King,  &  satisfaction  given  for  it  as  soon  is  they  were  gone  ; 
which  was  accordingly  offered  but  refused  by  /fr  Stanton,  when  he 
heard  it  was  taken  for  the  use  of  some  honesi:  Cavaliers,  wishing, 
much  good  might  it  do  them. 

On  Sunday  morning  September  the  7th  his  Majesty  was  up  early 
(as  its  his  usual  custom)  and  having  neer  his  dormitory  a  Gallery,  he 
spent  some  time  there,  in  heavenly  meditation,  and  some  in  earnest 
prayer  (which  as  events  discover)  availed  much  :  thus  did  he  make 
good  King  David's  saying  When  I  awake  Early,  1  am  with  thee.  And 
then  he  had  the  pleasure  of  a  prospect  from  Tong  to  Breewood,  which 
satisfied  the  eyes,  and  of  the  famous  bells  at  Torg,  which  entertained 
the  ear. 

Not  long  after  as  his  Majesty  was  coming  down  stairs  his  nose 
fell  a  bleeding,  which  seemed  ominous  to  some  of  his  followers,  untill 
his  Majesty  was  pleased  to  tell  them,  was  not  with  him  so  rare  & 
unusuall. 

The  house  as  it  afFoorded  not  provision  sufficient  for  his  Majesty, 
so,  now  they  were  provided  elsewhere,  neither  cid  it  affoord  a  cook, 
therefore  when  his  Majestie  had  spent  most  of  the  morning  with  the 
family,  in  discourses  and  other  exercises  suitable  1:0  the  day,  and  it  was 
now  dinner-time  :  he  himself  must  call  for  a  knife,  &  a  trencher,  &  cut 
some  of  it  into  Scoth  coUops,  as  he  was  pleased  to  call  them,  and  pricked 
them  with  the  knifes  point,  then  calling  for  a  frying- pan  and  butter, 
and  fryed  the  CoUops  himself.  Colonel  Carelesse  the  while  making  the 
fire,  and  turning  the  Collops  in  the  Pan,  which  passage  affiDorded  a 
pleasant  problem  among  the  Deipnosophists  in  France,  proposed  merrily 

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I 


by  his  Majesty,  Which  was  the  master-cook  at  Boscobel^  he,  or  Colonel 
CarlelesseF  the  supremacy  was  of  right  given  to  his  Majesty  :  as  indeed 
it  was  due  in  all  causes^  and  over  all  persons. 

After  dinner  his  Majesty  retyres  to  a  pretty  arbour  in  Boscohel 
Garden,  which  stood  upon  a  mount,  where  he  spent  a  sabbath  almost 
as  devoutly,  as  ever  any  meer  man  since  kept  his  in  paradice  ;  here  his 
Majesty  passed  away  some  time  in  reading  ;  but  it  is  a  question 
whether  he  read  more  in  the  plants,  or  in  the  books — monstrat  qualibet 
herba  deum^ — and  most  books  can  do  no  more.  But  his  Majesty  could 
not  be  contented  to  be  happy  alone,  and  therefore  enquires  for  my 
Lord  Wilmot,  and  knowing  that  a  certain  information  of  his  security 
would  be  my  Lords  greatest  comfort,  he  sends  Jo.  Penderel  to  Mosely^ 
who  missing  my  Lord  there  ventured  to  deliver  his  message  to 
Mr  Whitgreave  &  Mr  Huddleston  :  who  brought  him  to  my  Lord 
at  Bentley,  who  appointed  a  meeting  with  Mr  Whitgreave  about  12.  a 
clock  at  night,  and  desired  Mr  Huddleston  to  appoint  a  place  to  attend 
the  King  about  one  a  clock,  the  same  night. 

In  the  mean  time  M[!  Lane's  Journey  to  Bristol  was  stayed,  till  his 
Majesties  pleasure  was  known  ;  that  Noble  Lord  neglects  the  oppor- 
tunity to  save  himself,  on  purpose  to  save  his  majesty  :  and  quits  his 
allegiance  to  nature  and  reason  dictating  to  himself  preservation,  rather 
than  his  allegiance  to  \{\s  prince. 

All  these  resolutfons  were  faithfully  imparted  to  his  Majesty  at 
Boscobel :  In  compliance  with  which  when  the  Sabbath  was  over,  which 
was  in  the  evening,  for  its  thought  the  evening  and  the  morning, 
makes  the  first  day,  he  resolved  for  Mosely :  but  in  regard  his 
majesties  feet  were  so  indisposed  by  his  late  Journey  to  Madely,  he 
was  ride  on  the  miller  of  Whiteladies  horse.  Colonel  Carelesse  humble 
took  his  leave  of  him,  cause  being  born  at  Bromhall  in  Staffordshire 
within  two  miles  of  Boscobel,  he  was  so  well  known  in  those  parts, 
that  he  would  rather  betray,  than  serve  his  majesty  ;  who  was  so 
satisfied,  with  this  &  other  his  services  that  he  was  pleased  by  Letters 

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Patents  under  the  great  Seal  of  England  to  give  him,  by  the  name  of 
Will  Carlos  (which  in  Spanish  signifyeth  Charles)  an  honourable  Coat 
of  Armes,  hearing  an  Oak  proper,  in  a  Field  Or,  a  Fesse  Gules,  charged 
with  3  regall  Crotvnes  of  the  Second,  by  the  name  of  Carlos.  And  for 
his  crest  a  Civic  Crown  with  a  Sword  and  Scepter  crossed  through  it 
saltier  wise. 

His  Majesty  rode  towards  Moseley,  guarded  by  the  five  brothers 
at  a  convenient  distance,  being  led  through  by-vayes  though  it  was 
midnight  (so  provident  &  circomspect  is  fear,  to  provide  against  those 
evils  which  cannot  by  dexterity  be  so  easily  shifted  off,  as  they  may  at 
a  distance  be  prevented,  Reynolds  Passions.  29  i.  A  merry  Passage 
that  happened  upon  the  way  between  his  Majesty,  and  the  miller  must 
not  be  omitted  :  an  interval  of  mirth,  doeth  well  in  the  middle  of 
these  sad  passages  :  his  Majesty  had  very  good  reason  to  complain 
that  the  horse  he  rid  on  was  the  heaviest  dull  Jade  he  ever  rode  on, 
to  which  his  master  the  miller  replyed  in  his  behalf  (beyond  his  usual 
notion)  grammercy  horse  ;  my  Leige  !  Can  you  blame  the  horse  to  go 
heavily,  when  he  hath  the  weight  of  3  Kingdomes  apon  his  back  ? 

At  Penford  mill  within  ten  miles  of  Mosely  his  Majesty  alights, 
and  was  contented  in  submission  to  his  guides  to  trudge  on  foot, 
untill  he  arrived  at  the  Place  appointed  by  Mr  Fudleston  (which  was 
in  the  Grove  in  Pitleasow)  whence  his  Majesty  went  with  Mr  Hudleston 
to  Whitgreaves :  but  observe  the  gracious  condescertion  of  his  Majesty, 
together  with  the  gratitude,  having  forgot  to  tace  his  leave  of  the 
brothers  that  were  now  discharged,  he  calls  t<»  them,  and  saith, 
my  troubles  make  me  forget  myself,  1  thank  you  all :  and  gave  them 
his  hand  to  kiss.  But  being  come  to  Mosely  at  last  (though  it  was 
some  two  hours  after  the  time  appointed,  wHch  put  my  Lord 
Wilmot  to  some  fear : ) 

Res  est  soliciti  plena  timoris  amor. 
In  tefingebam  violentes  Troas  Ituros 
Nomine  in  Hectoreo  Pallida  semper  eram 

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TAe  Royal  Miracle 

How  oft  my  dear  Ulysses  did  I  see, 

In  my  sad  thoughts  proud  Trojans  rush  on  thee 

mine  ears, 

And  when  great  Hector's  name  but  touched 

fears 

My  cheeks  drew  paleness  from  my  paler. 
Fingebat  metum  quo  magis  concupiscit     Tacit  .1.1 
The  things  to  which  our  heart  love  bears 
Are  objects  of  our  careful!  fears, 

He  embraced  my  Lord  JVilmot  with  as  much  tenderness  &  affec- 
tion, as  he  did  him  with  humility  &  duty,  kissing  him  upon  the  cheek, 
he  asked  him  what  had  become  of  Buckingham,  Cleaveland,  &c.     As 
if  he  cared,  not  so  much  for  his  own  things,  as  for  the  things  of  others  ; 
to  which  gracious  demand  my  Lord  could  give  little  satisfaction,  but 
hoped  they  were  safe,  and  then  my  Lord  intimating,  that  he  whom  he 
called  all  this  while  his  friend,  was  his  &  there  master,  they  came 
humbly  to  kiss  his  hand,  and  he  entertained  them  very  civilly  with 
gracious  expressions  of  his  tender  sense  of  their  faithfuUnesse,  whereof 
he  was  assured  by  my  Lord  Wilmoty  and  then  presently  asked,  where  is 
your  secret  place  ?  but  before  he  went  to  bed  Mr  Hudlestone  prevailed 
with  him  to  exchange  his  shirt,  pulled  off  his  stockens,  his  Jump-coat* 
(as  the  Countrey  folks  speake)  and  leathern  doublet,  &c.  and  gave  him 
much  ease,  and  when  his  Majesty  had  refreshed  himself   with  some 
bisket  &  a  bottle  of  Sack,  he  was  pleased  thus  to  express  himself  cheer- 
fully, I  am  now  ready  for  another  march,  and  if  it  shall  please  God 
once  more  to  place  me  in  the  head  of  but  eight  or  12000.  good  men, 
men  of  one  mind,  and  resolved  to  fight,  I  shall  not  doubt  to  drive  those 
rogues  out  of  my  Kingdoms  :  a  little  after  he  went  to  rest  into  his 
Privy  Chamber. 

My  Lord  in  the  meantime  consulting  with  Mr  Whitgreave,  his 
Majesties  security,  resolved  nobly,  that  in  case  Mr  Whitgreave  should 
be  put  to  any  torture  for  confession.  He  should  confess  him  first,  which 

*  A  short  leathern  frock. 

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might  happily  satisfie  them,  and  preserve  the  King,  and  next  day  there 
came  some  Souldiers  to  Mr  Whitgreave  challenging  him  for  being  at 
Worcester,  but  they  were  quickly  satisfied  by  the  Neighbours  who 
testified  that  he  had  not  been  from  Home  in  a  Fortnight,  then  last  past. 
My  Lord  Wilmot  being  informed  by  CoUonel  Lane,  as  before,  of 
a  pass  Mrs  Lane  had  to  go  into  the  West,  went  to  Bentley  to  provide 
his  Majesty  a  safe  passage  to  the  West,  under  the  protection  of  that 
pass. 

In  the  meantime  Mr  Hudleston  &  Mr  Whitgnave  were  upon  their 
guard,  and  the  old  gentlewoman  enquiring  of  news  below  stairs,  was 
informed  that  his  Majesty  had  beaten  his  enemies  ;it  Warrington-bridge, 
&  that  there  were  3.  Kings  come  to  his  assistance,  which  she  pleasantly 
related  to  his  Majesty,  who  smiling  answered,  surely  they  are  the  three 
Kings  of  Colen,  come  down  from  Heaven,  for  I  can  imagine  none  else, 
Mr  Hudlestone  has  under  his  tuition  Sir  Jo.  Prtston  Mr  Paylin  and 
Mr  Reynold,  whom  he  employed  upon  the  Life-guard,  As  the  young 
men  more  truly  then  they  imagined  called  it.  While  Mr.  Hudleston 
kept  company  with  his  Majesty  My  Lord  sends  (ZoUonel  Lane  for  his 
Majesty,  who  took  his  leave  of  Mr  Whitgreave  & ;.  not  only  thanking 
them,  but  also  directing  them  what  to  do  in  case  ihey  were  reduced  to 
any  extremity  for  their  Loyalty,  to  which  they  replied  all  the  service 
they  could  do  him  now,  was  to  pray  heartily  to  dod  for  his  safety  & 
preservation  :  this  night  both  cold  &  dark,  his  Majesty  was  brought 
safely  to  Bentley  to  Mrs  Lanes,  whence  he  took  tie  opportunity  of  her 
pass,  and  rode  before  her  to  Bristow,*  the  Lord  Wilmot  attending  at  a 
distance.  But  Bristow  not  serving  his  turn,  he  returned  &  sojourned 
a  while  among  loyal  subjects  in  Summer setshire,  Wiltshire,  Hampshire, 
untill  he  came  to  Brighthempston,  in  Sussex,  where  he  took  shipping 
about  the  end  of  Octob  51.  and  landed  securely  at  Diep-t  in  Normandy: 
and  there  was  received  with  the  honour,  that  became  his  person,  and 
with  the  joy  that  became  his  escape,  Mr  Gifford  in  the  mean  time  being 

*  Bristol.  t  Fecjmp. 

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T/^e  Royal  Miracle 


sorely  put  to  it  for  discovery  at  WhiteladieSy  Mr  Whitgreave  and  Mr 
Hudleston  absenting  themselves,  and  my  dame  Joan  being  much  affrighted 
by  two  parties  that  came  to  search  their  house.  Col.  Carloss  got  to 
Holland  to  bring  the  Royal  princess  the  first  news  of  her  Brothers 
safety  &  escape,  for  which  his  Majesty  by  letters  patents,  as  before, 
gave  him  by  the  name  of  Will.  Carlos  (which  in  Spanish  is  CHARLES) 
a  coat  of  armes  bearing  upon  an  oake  proper  in  a  field  Or,  a  Jesse  gules 
charged  with  three  Regal  Crowns  of  the  second,  and  for  the  crest  a 
Civic  Crown,  with  a  sword  &  scepter  crossed  through  it  saltier  wise, 
with  the  motto  suhditus  fidelis  regis  et  regni  salus. 

The  Royal  oake  of  Boscobell  hath  of  late  been  visited  by  looo  of 
people,  having  been  honoured  once  as  the  pallace  of  his  sacred  Majesty, 
and  was  since  in  Aug.  1659  a  sanctuary  to  my  Lord  Bruerton  after  the 

Cheshire  defeat. 

These  Brothers  have  waited  upon  his  Majesty  Wensday^  June  13 
1660  &  Mr  Huddleston  with  Mr  Whitgreave  soon  after,  who  owned 
their  faithfull  service,  and  graciously  condescended  to  such  a  degree  of 
gratitude,  as  could  be  expected  only  from  the  best  of  Kings,  and  was 
due  to  the  best  of  subjects. 

Courteous  Reader 

^he  Publisher  hath  here  presented  thee  with  the  first  part  only  of  his 

Majesties  preservation,    which  ij  it  find  a  favourable  acceptance,  will 

encourage  him  to  proceed  in  the  narration  of  the  residue  of  his  dangers, 

and  extremities,  till  divine  povidence  had  compleated  his  safety  and  landed 

him  at  Diep,  beyond  the  reach  of  his  enemies. 

Farewell. 


II 


The  History  of  His  Sacred  Majesties 
Most  Wonderful  Presi.Tvation 

(Broadside) 


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I 


Pictorial  Heading  of  the  unique  Broadside  of  1660  in  possession 

of  the  writer,  containing  one  of  the  first  accounts  published 

OF    THE    Adventures     of     Charles    II    during     his    Six    Weeks' 

Wanderings  after  the  Battle  of  Worcester 


The  HISTORY  of  his  saCRed  Majesties  moft  Wonderful! 
Prefervation,  after  the  Battle  of  Worcester. 

With  a  true  Relation  of  Col.  George  Gunter  conveying  his  MAJESTY 
from  Salisbury  to  Brighemsted  in  Sussex^  where  he  took  Shipping. 

AFter   a  tedious   march  his    Sacred   Mijesty  with   his  Army 
Arrived  at  VVorceJter  on  the  22^  of  August  1 65 1 .     Next  day 
after  his  Arrival  he  was  Proclaimed  ]Cing  of  Great  ^ntain^ 
France^  and  Ireland^  by  Mr.  Thomas  UJens  Mayor,  and  Mr.^ 
James  Bridges  Sheriffe  of  that  Loyal  City. 

On  the  same  day  his  Majesty  sent  abroad  a  E'eclaration  summoning 
upon  their  Allegiance  all  the  neighbouring  l^obility,  Gentry,  and 
others  from  sixteen  to  sixty,  to  appear  with  Horse  and  Armes  at  Pifck- 
ford  on  Tuejday  following,  Tuefday  the  26  of  Au^iuji  was  a  Randezvouz 
in  Pitchford  of  several  loyal  Subjects  of  that  and  the  Adjacent  Counties, 
as  would  come  in  to  his  Majesties  aid  here  appeared  Francis  Lord 
Talbot  (now  Earl  of  Shrewsbury)  with  several  other  Knights  and  Gen- 
tlemen ;  notwithstanding  such  accesse,  the  nu  nber  of  his  Majesties 
Army  not  exceeded  1 1000.  Scots,  and  2000.  English  and  not  very  well 
Armed,  nor  had  plenty  of  Ammunition. 

August  the  30  It  was  resolved  by  his  Majes  :y  at  a  Council  of  War 
to  beat  up  the  Enemies  Quarters  that  night,  with  a  select  party  of 
Horse  and  Foot,  commanded  by  Maj-Gen.  Midileton^  and  Sir  William 
Keyth  which  was  attempted,  but  the  Design  fail'd  being  discovered  to 
the  Retells  by  one  Guyes  a  Tailor,  who  was  Hanged  for  his  Treachery. 
The  Fatal  Third  of  September  being  cone  his  Majesty  held  a 
Council  of  War  upon  the  Topp  of  the  Colledge  ('hurch  Steeple,  here  his 

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Majesty  observed  some  Firings  at  Powick,  and  the  Rebells  making  a 
bridge  over  the  Severn,  his  Majesty  presently  goes  down,  commands 
all  to  their  Arms,  and  marches  in  person  to  Powick  bridge,  to  give 
orders  for  the  maintaining  of  the  bridge  and  for  opposing  the  making 
of  boats,  and  hasted  back  to  his  Army  in  the  City. 

Soon  after  his  Majesty  was  gone  from  Powick  bridge,  the  Enemy 
furiously  assaulted  it  which  was  well  defended  by  Montgomery  till  he 
was  dangerously  wounded,  and  his  Ammunition  spent,  so  that  he 
was  made  to  make  a  disorderly  retreat. 

At  the  same  time  the  Rebells  had  finished  their  bridge  of  boates  over 
the  river  without  any  considerable  opposition,  and  Cromwell  was  the 
first  man  that  led  the  rest  over,  then  went  back  and  raised  a  battery  of 
great  Guns  against  the  Fort  Royal. 

By  this  time  Cromwell  was  got  to  an  advantagious  post  at  Perry- 
wood,  but  Duke  Hamilton  with  his  own  Troop  and  some  High-landers, 
Sir  Alexander  Forbus  with  his  Regiment  of  Foot,  and  divers  English 
Volunteers,  by  his  Majesties  command  engaged  him  and  did  great 
Execution  upon  his  men.  Forced  the  Iraytors  with  his  Rebels  to  re- 
treat, &  were  once  master  of  his  Guns  ;  here  his  Majesty  gave  an 
incomparable  example  of  his  Valour  charging  in  his  own  person,  which 
the  High-landers  imitated  in  great  measure.  Fighting  with  the  but-ends 
of  their  Musquets  when  their  Ammunition  was  spent,  but  numerous 
supplies  of  Rebels  being  continually  powred  upon  them,  his  Majesty 
with  his  Army  was  forced  to  retreat  in  at  Sudbury  Gate  in  much  dis- 
order ;  As  soon  as  his  Majesty  was  entered  into  Friars-street^  he 
perceived  many  of  his  Foot  soldiers  to  throw  down  their  Armes,  he 
rod  up  and  down  among  them  entreating  them  to  stand  to  their  Armes, 
but  seeing  himself  not  able  to  prevail,  said,  /  would  rather  you  would 
shoot  me,  then  keep  me  alive  to  see  the  sad  consequences  of  this  Fatall  day. 
During  the  Engagement  at  Perrywood,  the  Rebels  on  the  other  side  of 
the  Water  possessed  themselves  of  St.  Johns  and  those  of  his  Majesties 
Army  that  were  there  ;  about  that  time  Col.  Drummond  with  a  party 

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of  Scots  maintained  the  Castle  Hill  with  much  resolution,  till  such 
time  as  conditions  were  agreed  on  for  Quarter  ;    so  now  the  Rebels 
had  subdued,  all  their  opponents,  fell  Plundering  the  City  Unmerci- 
fully ;  His  Majesty  seeing  no  hopes,  marched  oat  o{  Worcester  at  St. 
Martins  Gate  about  six  in  the  Evening  with  his  main  body  of  Horse, 
but  were  in  some  confusion  ;  before  his  Majesty  was  come  to  Barhons 
bridge,  about  half  a  mile  out  of  Worcester  he  made  several  stands,  and 
faced  about,  and  desired  the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  Lord  Wilmot  and 
other  of  his  Commanders  that  they  might  Rally  and  try  once  more  the 
Fortune  of  War,  but  at  the  Bridge  consultation  being  held,  it  was 
concluded  that  the  day  was  irrecoverably  lost,  and  all  that  was  now  to 
do,  was  to  save  his  Majesty  from   the   Rebels  ;    whereupon   by  the 
advice  of  his  Council  his  Majesty  resolves  for  Scotland;  immediately 
after  the  result,  one  Walker  of  Lord  Talbots  Troc  p  was  called  for  (who 
was  formerly  scout  master  to  Col.  Sands)  to  be  tlieir  Guide,  but  being 
come  to  Kinver  Heath,  and  day  light  being  gene.  Walker  was  at  a 
puzzle  in  the  way  ;  here  his  Majesty  made  a  stand  and  consulted  with 
the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  Earle  of  Derby,  Lord  Wilmot  and  others, 
where  he  might  march  and  take  some  rest;  the  Karl  of  Derby  told  his 
Majesty  that  there  was  a  great  convenience  of  concealment  at  Boscobell 
house   and  a  right  honest  man  that  kept  it,  his  Majesty  therefore 
resolved  to  go  thither.     The  Lord  Talbot  beir  g  acquainted  with  his 
resolution,  and  finding  Walker  dubious  of  the  way,  called  for  Mr. 
Charles  Giffard  to  conduct  his  Majesty  towards  Boscobell,  which  he 
willingly  undertakes,  and  being  come  near  Stur bridge,  it  was  a  debate 
whether   his   Majesty  should  march  through  the  Town   or   no,   and 
resolved  that  all  about  his  person  should  speak  French. 

Mean  time  Lesly  with  his  Scottish  Horse,  }  ad  in  the  close  of  the 
Evening  taken  the  more  direct  road  Northw;ird  by  Newport;  his 
Majesty  being  onely  attended  by  the  Duke  oi  Buckingham,  Earl  of 
Derby,  Earl  of  Lauder daile.  Lord  Talbot,  Lord  Wilmot,  with  other 
Knights  and  Gentlemen  ;  in  all  about  sixty  horse;. 

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At  a  House  a  mile  beyond  Sturbridgei  he  drank  and  eat  a  crust  of 
bread,  and  as  he  rode  on  he  discoursed  with  Col.  Roscarrock  touching 
Boscobell  house,  and  the  security  which  he  had  found  there. 

Upon  further  consideration  by  his  Majesty  and  Council,  and  to  the 
end  that  the  company  might  not  know  whether  his  Majesty  directly 
intended ;  Mr.  Giffard  was  desired  to  conduct  his  Majesty  to  some 
house  near  Boscobell^  the  better  to  blind  the  design  of  going  thither, 
Mr.  Giffard  proposed  White-ladies  lying  about  half  a  mile  beyond 
Boscobell^  and  26  miles  from  Worcester. 

His  Majesty  and  his  Retinue  being  safely  conducted  to  White- 
ladies  by  Mr.  Giffard,  Alighted,  now  as  they  hoped  out  of  danger  of 
any  present  surprize  by  pursuit,  George  Pendrill  opened  the  Dores, 
and  after  his  Majesty  and  his  Lords  were  entred  the  House,  his 
Majesties  Horse  was  brought  into  the  Hall,  and  by  this  time  it 
was  about  break  of  day  ;  here  was  every  one  in  a  sad  consult  how 
to  escape  the  Fury  of  the  Rebels,  but  the  greatest  care  was  to  save 
the  King. 

Col.  Roscarrock  immediately  caused  one  Bartholomew  Martin  to 
be  sent  to  Boscobell  for  William  Pendrill,  and  Mr.  Giffard  sent  also  for 
Richard  Pendrill,  they  both  forthwith  came  to  White-ladies  and  were 
brought  to  the  Earle  of  Derby,  who  took  them  into  the  Parlour  where 
the  King  was,  and  told  William  Pendrill,  This  is  the  King,  thou  must 
have  a  care  to  preserve  Him  as  thou  didst  me,  and  Mr.  Giffard  did 
also  conjure  Richard  to  an  especial  care  of  his  charge,  to  which  they 
yielded  ready  Obedience. 

Whilst  Rich,  and  Will,  was  thus  sent  for,  his  Majesty  had  been 
advised  to  rub  his  hands  on  the  back  of  the  chimney,  and  with  them 
his  Face  for  a  Disguise,  and  some  person  had  disorderly  cut  of  his 
Locks ;  his  Majesty  (having  put  off  his  Princely  Ornaments,  distri- 
buted his  Gold  among  his  Servants)  put  on  a  coarse  Shirt  borrowed  of 
Edzv.  Martin,  who  lived  in  the  House,  and  Rich.  Pendrills  Green  Suit 
and  leather  Doublet,  but  both  Rich,  and  Will,  adviseth  the  company  to 

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haste  away,  in  regard  there  was  a  Troop  of  Rebels  quartered  but  Three 
miles  distant. 

R.  Pendrell  conducted  his  Majesty  out  at  a  back  dore,  (unknown 
to  most  of  the  company)  and  carried  him  into  an  Adjacent  Wood 
called  Spring  Coppice  belonging  to  Boscobell  about  half  a  mile  from 
White-ladies,  Will,  Hump,  and  George  scouring  abroad  and  bringing 
what  news  they  could  learn  to  his  Majesty  in  th ;  Wood. 

His  Majesty  being  thus  as  they  hoped  in  a  way  of  security,  the 
Duke,  Earl  of  Derby,  Earl  of  Lauderdaile,  Lord  Talbot  and  the  rest 
being  about  Fourty  in  Number  march't  Northward,  but  were  over- 
taken and  over-powred  by  the  Rebels,  and  Routed  and  several  of  them 
taken  and  Executed,  grounded  on  a  bloody  Rtmp  Act  of  the  12th  of 
August*  the  last  past  to  prohibite  correspondan :e  with  Charles  Steuart 

under  penalty  of  High  Treason,  losse  of  life  and  Estate Monstrous 

Rebels. 

By  that  time  that  R.  Pendrell  had  conveyed  his  Majesty  into  the 
obscurest  part  of  the  Coppice  it  was  about  St  n  Rising  on  Thursday 
morningt  and  it  rained  very  fast,  in  so  much  ttat  the  thickest  Tree  in 
the  Wood  was  not  able  to  keep  his  Majesty  dry,  nor  was  there  any 
thing  for  him  to  sit  on,  therefore  Richard  went  and  borrowed  a 
Blanket  of  Francis  Tates,  which  he  folded  and  laid  on  the  ground 
under  a  Tree  for  his  Majesty  to  sit  on. 

At  the  same  time  that  Richard  borrowed  that  Blanket,  he  spake 
to  Goodwife  Tates  to  bring  some  Vituals  into  :he  Wood  at  a  place  he 
appointed  her,  she  presently  made  ready  a  mi;sse  of  milk,  and  some 
Butter  and  Eggs  and  brought  them  to  his  M  ijesty,  who  being  some 
what  surprized  to  see  a  Woman,  said  cheerfull^r  to  her.  Good  Woman 
can  you  be  faithful  to  a  distressed  Cavalier  ?  jhe  answered  yes,  Sir  I 
will  Dye  rather  than  discover  you. 

In  the  Interim  the  L.  Wilmot  taking  J.  Pendrill  for  his  guide, 

*  A  copy  of  this  broadside  is  in  A.  M.  Broailey's  collecdon. 
t  September  4. 

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purposed  first  to  have  gone  Northward^  but  passing  Brerewood  Forge 
was  pursued  by  the  Forge-men  till  one  Rich,  Dutton  perswading  them 
that  it  was  Col.  Crompton  they  pursued,  they  desisted  ;  Notwithstand- 
ing there  was  such  danger  on  every  side,  that  they  knew  not  which 
way  to  take,  but  at  length  Councellirig  with  Will.  Walker  an  honest 
Neighbor  of  his,  they  hid  him  first  in  a  Marie  pit,  &  after  conveyed 
him  to  Mr.  Huntbatches  house  at  Brinsford  putting  his  Horse  into 
J.  Evans  his  Barn,  yet  this  place  not  being  Judged  suflRciently  secure 
J,  Penderill  endeavours  to  seek  out  one  more  safe  ;  and  whilst  he  was 
at  Northcot  an  adjacent  Village,  happens  on  a  place  which  not  only 
afterwards  secured  the  L.  Wilmot  but  likewise  his  Majesty. 

It  happened  thus  as  John  was  at  Northcot  talking  with  Goodwife 
Underhilly  Mr.  Huddleston  an  acquaintance  of  his,  and  a  Sojourner  at 
Mr.  Whitegraves  at  Mosely  an  honest  Cavalier,  him  he  acquaints  with 
the  businesse,  who  immediately  rides  back  and  tells  Mr.  Whitegrave, 
who  willingly  condescends  to  use  his  endeavours  for  the  security  of 
any  person  belonging  to  the  King  (for  they  knew  not  yet  who  my 
Lord  Wilmot  was)  and  accordingly  had  him  conveyed  to  his  House, 
where  there  was  a  place  of  such  secret  contrivement  that  he  heartily 
wished  his  Majesty  there,  his  Horse  being  sent  that  night  to  be 
secured  by  Col.  Lane  at  Bentley. 

But  his  Majesty  had  taken  a  resolution  to  get  into  Wales  if 
possible,  and  taking  R.  Penderill  for  his  guide,  armed  with  a  Wood-bill, 
and  his  name  resolved  to  be  Will.  JoneSy  about  Nine  a  clock  at  night 
began  his  Journey,  resolving  that  night  to  go  to  Madeley  in  Shropshire 
Five  miles  from  Whiteladies,  and  within  a  mile  of  Severne^  here  they 
Arrived  about  midnight ;  Richard  going  to  Mr.  Wolfs  house  an  honest 
acquaintance  of  his,  where  all  being  a  bed,  he  knocks  them  up,  acquaint- 
ing his  Daughter  who  came  to  the  Dore,  that  the  King  was  there,  so 
the  dore  was  opened  and  his  Majesty  entring  refreshed  himself,  but  by 
reason  of  the  many  Guards  upon  the  Severn^  it  was  thought  too 
Dangerous  to  Venture  over,  so  having  secured  himself  the  next  day  in 

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a  Barn,  the  night  after  he  returned  to  Bosconell,  where  he  found 
Col.  Carelosy  who  having  seen  the  last  man  kil'd  at  Worcester  was 
miraculously  escaped,  and  come  thither  for  sheltcT. 

Richard  who  was  gone  out  to  see  what  Souldiers,  or  other  danger 
might  be  nigh,  found  the  Colonel  and  conducted  him  into  the  wood  to 
the  King,  who  came  with  him  to  the  house,  Eat  some  bread  and  cheese 
heartily,  had  his  ^^tt  washed,  and  then  returned  into  the  wood  where 
they  got  up  into  an  thick  leaved  Oake  and  havirg  a  Cushion  provided 
by  Richard  Penderill  eased  himself  on  that,  and  laying  his  head  on 
Col.  Carelos  lap  slept  away  most  part  of  the  day,  when  at  night  return- 
ing, to  the  secret  place  where  the  Earl  of  Der  ^y  was  secured  being 
shewed  to  him,  he  considering  the  incommodity  of  residing  in  the  Wood, 
resolved  to  take  that  for  his  shelter  whilst  he  should  stay  in  those  parts, 
and  then  he  permitted  Will.  Penderill  to  shave  him  and  cut  his  Hair 
after  the  Country  Fashion. 

The  same  day  Humphrey  Penderill  going  to  Shefnall  to  pay  some 
taxes  to  one  Capt.  Broadway  a  Parliament  Col.  then  there  he  under- 
standing him  to  be  a  neer  Neighbour  to  White  Ladies,  where  they  had 
information  the  King  had  been,  endeavoured  bj  Threats  and  the  pro- 
mise of  the  1000/.  reward  to  bring  him  to  a  di  jcovery  but  could  not 
prevail.  That  night  the  Good  Wife  whom  his  Majesty  called  my  dame 
Joan,  provided  him  some  chicken,  and  his  Majesty  expressing  his 
desire  of  some  Muttony  Col.  Carelos  went  into  the  Sheepcoate  of 
Mr.  Staunton  and  kills  a  Mutton  with  his  Dagjjer,  and  causes  Will, 
Penderill  to  bring  it  away,  and  the  next  morning  his  Majesty  slicing 
some  of  it,  fryed  it  himself,  Col.  Carelos  turning  it  in  the  pan,  which 
after  his  Majestees  Arrival  in  France  was  occasion  of  a  dispute  which 
was  Cook  and  which  Scullion,  which  being  re  erred  to  the  King  of 
France  to  decide,  he  replyed  that  his  Majesty  was  hie  i^  nunc  both  of 
them. 

The  King  receiving  Advertisement  that  the  L.  Wilmot  was  at 
Moseley,  sent  John  Penderill  to  acquaint  him  that  he  resolved  to  come 

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thither  that  Night,  but  he  being  removed  to  Bentley  Mr.  White  grave 
and  Mr.  Huddleston  accompanied  John  thither,  where  they  spoke  with 
the  Lord  Wilmot,  who  expressed  his  resolution  to  meet  the  King  at 
Moseleyy  with  which  message  John  returned,  and  the  King  that  night 
on  Humphrey  Penderill  the  Millers  Horse  was  brought  to  Moseley,  the 
Five  Brothers  and  Francis  Yates  guarding  him,  resolved  to  have 
shewed  their  Vallour  in  defending  his  Majesty  had  they  met  with  a 
small  party  of  Troopers. 

The  King  being  received  into  the  House  to  the  L.  Wilmot, 
acquainted  Mr.  Whitegrave  and  Mr.  Huddleston  who  he  was,  who 
expressed  their  duty  by  kissing  his  hand,  and  having  shewed  him 
the  secret  place  took  great  care  to  shift  his  stockings  his  Feet 
being  extreamly  galled,  and  likewise  to  put  him  on  a  Finer  shirt, 
the  extraordinary  coursnesse  of  that  he  had  on  being  somewhat 
troublesome. 

But  the  main  businesse  was  to  take  care  of  his  Escape  from  thence, 
which  the  L.  Wilmot  had  ordered  to  be  by  means  of  Mrs.  Lane  who 
having  procured  a  passe  from  the  Rebells  to  go  with  one  servant  to 
visit  her  Sister  at  Bristoll  then  neer  the  time  of  her  lying  in,  The 
L.  Wilmot  had  resolved  to  make  use  of  the  opportunity  himself,  but 
since  hearing  of  his  Majesties  return  to  Boscobell,  had  suspended  her 
Journey  that  she  might  serve  him,  which  she  was  infinitely  willing 
to  do. 

And  accordingly  on  Thursday  night  the  ii.  of  September^  Col. 
Lane  with  his  Sister,  (all  things  fit  for  his  Majesties  Journy  being 
provided)  came  to  a  field  adjoyning  where  the  King  was  mounted 
before  her,  John  Penderill  having  the  honour  to  hold  his  Majesties 
stirrop,  and  thus  they  two  presently  set  forward  having  taken  direc- 
tions to  know  the  Countrey,  and  Mrs.  Lane  having  several  accom- 
modations to  the  Allyes  Friends  and  acquaintance  of  her  Family 
that  lay  in  her  intended  Road,  if  any  untoward  action  should  put 
them  to  Tryall. 

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His  Majesties  Wonderful  Preservation 

Several  accidents  there  were  which  happened  in  this  Journey,  as 
particularly  the  drawing  up  of  a  Troop  of  Horse  at  the  entrance  of  a 
Town  through  which  they  were  to  passe,  which  caused  some  fear  at 
first  but  it  was  soon  over,  the  Capt.  very  civilly  cpening  to  the  right 
and  left,  and  permitting  them  to  pass  through. 

The  first  place  where  it  was  attempted  to  prov  ide  a  passage,  for  the 
King,  was  at  a  place  called  Crods  and  Peet"^  hare  by  Bristoll^  whither 
Mrs.  \^ane  had  conducted  his  Majesty,  and  secu-ed  him  at  Leigh^  at 
the  house  of  one  Mr.  Norton  (since  Knighted  by  his  Majesty)  an 
Alliance  of  hers,  but  here  was  no  passage  to  be  fo  and 

In  this  house  it  was  that  his  Majesty  fearing  least  by  the  great 
resort  to  it  he  should  be  discovered,  did  all  day  retire  himself  to  his 
bed,  and  one  evening  comeing  down  pretending  himself  cold,  and 
aguish  desired  of  the  Butler  a  Glasse  of  Wine  which  he  willingly  gave 
him,  withall  beginning  to  him  his  Majesties  health,  and  then  the 
Queens,  but  looking  earnestly  upon  him,  guessed  him  to  be  the  King, 
as  he  afterwards  knew,  and  yet  the  honest  Butler,  was  so  far  from 
discovering  his  Majesty,  that  he  was  afterwards  wiry  serviceable  in  his 
Concealment.t  But  his  Majesty  finding  no  pissage  in  the  West, 
accompanyed  with  the  Lord  Wilmot^  returned  to  Salisbury,  where 
meeting  with  that  Loyal  Subject  Col.  George  Gunter,  he  was  by  him 
conveyed  through  many  difficulties  and  dangers  to  Brighthemsted  in 
Sussex,  where  by  the  Faithful  care  and  industry  of  one  Mr.  Manfell, 
(who  has  been  since  outlaw'd  by  that  Rebell  Cronwell)  a  Barque  was 
hired  of  one  Tettersfieldl^  for  sixty  pound,  to  transport  the  King  and 
L.  Wilmot,  Mr.  Manfell  pretending  to  the  mastei-  that  they  were  two 
Gentlemen,  who  having  fought  a  Duell  were  fiin   to   fly   for    their 

*  For  identification  of  "  Croeis  and  Peet."     See  antey  Introduction,  p.  37. 

t  All  mention  of  the  King's  prolonged  stay  at  Trent  and  hi  i  adventures  in  West  Dorset 
is  omitted.  This  points  to  the  Turk's  Head  broadside  being  one  of  the  very  earliest  publica- 
tions on  the  subject  of  Charles  IFs  flight  from  Worcester. 

X  The  mistake  in  the  name  of  the  ship-captain  is  obvioui.  It  should  of  course  be 
Tattersall. 


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Lives  ;  but  they  were  scarce  three  hours  at  Sea,  and  Col.  Gunter  scarce 
got  home  to  his  house,  but  there  came  a  party  of  Rebells  to  search  for 
a  black  man  six  Foot  high,  but  they  failed  by  good  providence  of  their 
mark,  his  Majesty  with  a  fair  Gale  of  Wind  soon  after  Arriving  in 
Normandy  to  the  unspeakable  joy  of  all  Loyall  Subjects. 

Te  Deum  Laudamus. 


London  printed  and  are  to  be  sold  by  Joseph  B'acklock  at  the  Turks-head  in  Ivy-lane, 
and  Mr.  MichaeU'wi  Westminster-hall.   1660. 


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THE 

ROYAL   OAKE 

OR,  AN 

Hiftoricall  Defcripcion 

■•■■OF.' 

Iflfc Royal  Progrefs,  wonderful travc'st 

THE    ROTALL    PKOGKESSS,    wondzM  Travets^ 

MiiaoUous,  Bcapcs,  and  Strange  Accidents  of  his  Sacred  Majc&v 

C  B  AK  LBS  file  i  I.   Third  Monardi  of  GrtM 

hrittMtff.    Wt)ercinisobfervable,tnd 

ft&Ttb  pul>lick  viewi 

f.  Mm  A4mjej}Us  firmpt  and  wtiMrfid  *[c^  f^fWdrcc^zefi^htyth 
*i>  J  Vi(4»n^  •fhimfHfofhk  Prlncttf  Ornaments-,  the  cttfUng  away  hu  (Jh^in 
trf  G0itiy  tvtd  thi cmUHt #f  hit  frmom  kmr ard cnrhd  Locks y  i) the  Lni 
WikDOt  frr  M  i^if^mjt. 
H.  T%9fir[mr7g  tf%m  RiiM  Ftrfm  ky  Oliver  Cromwell  4 W  A«  B/Stoi- 
knmds ;   msi  ikt  mimmr mm  bit  Mtt'fefly  efttifed,  nmkj^g  «  hihm  Qake 
Hii  R»jA  fiiUmtt  whhtmfrkr  mitt,  of  Wodvci  ha  iipion. 
in.  The  tmemnU^  Trsvets  of  Mrs,  Jane  Lane,  Mnd  hit  M^ijffiyy  his  rldtpj^ 
MkmAmi^mo^f  M$tfcaftfMd  hit £tmg  in  M  Livery  Cmk^lfythe  nMmt 
^mmWiVCxxxiyftrvrnM  to  Mr,  Uftdl  htr  Fmherin  Ltt». 
Tra.  Tht  Difcomrft  hewlxt  hit  C^MJtJh  m4  fbt  C^ArMtud  At  tht  three 
Crowns  <«BriOoi ;  Htr  feverM  Qmtjtlons,  mhtrt  ht  wm  born,  4psdwhat 
Tfidc  ht  WM.  With  the  Kings  Mtfwtr,  Mid  tht  RtmM^ah/e  ^*gts^  that 
Im  tht  Kifthith  «^  '*'  Mmdtlm^jing  the  King  to  mndt 


Till 


My  ]d»  Dmrtsi  <  l*^  Swh/tBtmigmmmto  Uk  M^t0f. 


L  OJ^P  O  Nf  Priced f*r  &,  Jhrt^ih  Vcm^wtst  chc  three  CtO|i»?fi 


The  Title-page  of  Danverd's  "Royal  Oak"  (1660) 

{from  the  coi>y  in  possession  of  the  -writer) 


THE   ROYALL   OAKE 

yAFTER  the  great  and  fatall  fight  at  ^ortr^j/^fr,  between  His  Majesties 
/  %  forces  &  the  Cromwellion  Rebels,  the  fie  d  being  lost,  not  for 
J^  ^^  want  of  courage,  by  the  King's  party,  bv  t  by  those  numerous 
supplyes,  who  served  only  like  the  Turk'sh  Jsapi,to  blunt  the 
Royal  swords,  so  that  their  wearied  arms  no  longer  jible  to  hold  out,  were 
forced  to  retreat,  and  at  length  (notwithstanding  the  generous  example  of 
his  Majesty,  who  performed  things  worth  wonder)  :o  a  disorderly  fight ; 
yet  'tis  worthy  of  observation,  that  upon  Cromzve"s  advance  near  the 
City,  his  Majesty  in  person,  and  in  the  head  of  the  Horse,  drew  out 
against  him,  and  that  with  so  much  valour  &  courage,  that  CromweVs 
own  life-guard,  and  the  best  of  his  old  Souldiers  (who  were  thought 
almost  invincible)  were  forced  to  retire  till  seconded  by  Fleetwood, 
Disbrow,  Lambert  &  others,  who  overpowered  the  Kings  forces, 
being  above  5  to  i,  and  so  loath  was  his  Majesty  to  decline  the  field, 
that  upon  his  earnest  endeavours  to  have  his  horse  and  foot  rally, 
twice  had  he  his  Horse  shot  under  him,  and  at  length  was  forced  to 
shift  for  himself,  and  to  provide  for  his  own  safetj-;  and  so  with  some 
Nobles  &  Servants,  not  without  a  great  deal  of  difficulty,  forced  to 
quit  the  field,  and  by  the  most  sequestered  roads  they  could  possibly 
find  out,  rid  to  the  Farmhouse  of  a  Noble  Gentleman  on  the  Borders 
of  Staff ordshirey  where  they  no  sooner  arrived,  but  his  Majesty  dis- 
robing himself  of  his  Princely  ornaments  &  accouterments,  and 
Particularly  of  a  Chain  of  Gold,  or  Spannat-string,  worth  300;^ 
sterling,  the  present  of  a  Scottish  lad,  which  he  bestowed  upon  a  servant 
of  his  there  present,  which  done,  for  his  further  disguise,  to  proceeded 
to  the  cutting  oflf  of  his  hair,  and  the  Cot  affording  neither  Shears  nor 

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Scissars  to  perform  it,  it  was  by  the  Lord  Wilmot  cut  off  with  a  knife. 
And  now  everyone  is  commanded  to  shift  for  himself,  and  this  poor 
Prince  left  alone  to  the  protection  of  the  Almighty,  he  choosing  none 
but  one  friend  to  accompany  him,  within  four  miles  of  (say  some) 
Wooherhampton,  where  finding  a  hollow  Oke,  he  was  now  content  to 
make  it  his  Pallace,  for  here  he  for  some  days  concealed  himself,  his 
Friend  still  towards  night  going  out  to  provide  him  some  refreshment 
in  his  solitary  confinement.     In  the  mean  time  the  Lord  Wilmot  who 
was  commanded  with  the  rest  to  seek  his  fortune,  was  by  chance  pur- 
sued by  some  Souldiers,  but  meeting  with  a  Countrey  fellow  formerly  a 
Souldier  in  the  Old  Kings  Army,  he  was  by  him  secured,  though  some- 
what strangely,  for  he  carries  him  into  a  Malt-house  belonging  to  Mrss 
Jane  Lane,  and  having  no  other  convenient  place  to  hide  him  in,  clapt 
him  under  the  Kilne,  though  there  were  there  some  fire   in   it,  the 
Malt  smoaking  on  the  top.     In  the  mean  time,  the  Souldiers  then  in 
pursuit  of  him,  entered  the  house,  and  having  made  about  three 
quarters  of  an  hours  search  every  where  else,  but  not  at  all  suspecting 
the  Kilne,  where  they  saw  the  fire  burning,  they  departed,  and  the 
Lord  Wilmot  was  taken  out  of  the  Kilne  almost  ready  to  faint  with 
the  extremity  of  the  heat.     The  Countrey  fellow  having  thus  secured 
this  Lord,  acquaints   Mris  Lane  with  what  he  had  done,  and  she 
extremely  glad  of  it,  gets  him  to  her  house,  where  in   Conference 
she  enquires  of  the  Kings  safety.    The  Lord  Wilmot  gives  her  the 
former   relation   of  his    great    miseries  and    Distresse,  which  forces 
Tears  from  the  tender-hearted  Gentle  woman,  she  earnestly  intreats 
him  to  take  some  course  for  the  finding  out  of  his  Majesty,  and  con- 
ducting him  to  her  house,  she  being  resolved  to  venture  her  life,  had 
she  ten  thousand,  for  the  saving  of  his  Royal  Majesty.     The  Lord 
Wilmot  glad  of  so  happy  an  opportunity  to  serve  his  Majesty,  and  so 
great  a  probability  of  securing  him,  the  next  night  finds  him  out,  and 
conducts  him  from  the  Royal  Oak  to  the  house  of  Mrs  Jane  Lane, 
where  a  large  condoling  of  his  hard  fortune,  consultation  was  had  for 

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a  conveniency  of  his  escape  beyond  sea,  and  it  le  igth  it  was  concluded 
that  Bristol  would  be  the  most  convenient  place  tD  take  shipping,  That 
his  Majesty  should  ride  before  Mrs  Lane  by  ihe  name  of  William 
servant  to  Mr  Lastel  her  father-in-law,  who  waj  likewise  to  go  with 
them  ;  and  thus  it  was  immediately  given  out,  that  Mr  Lastel  & 
Mrs  Lane  were  to  take  a  journey  in  the  Weit  and  to  visit  some 
friends,  and  shortly  after  they  set  forward,  li  this  Journey  there 
hapned  many  Accidents  worthy  commemoration  ;  and  first  the  King's 
Majesty  riding  now  as  a  servant  to  one  of  the  faithfullest  of  his 
Subjects,  in  a  Livery  Cloak,  though  not  without  that  respect  that  durst 
be  given  to  him  ;  complains  to  Mrs  Lane  that  the  cloak  wearied  him, 
whereupon  she  desires  Mr.  Lastels  to  carry  it.  The  next  &  most 
important  Accident  of  all  was,  that  coming  into  a  town  which  they 
were  to  pass  through,  there  was  a  Troop  of  horse  there  to  be  quartered 
drawn  up,  which  caused  some  fear,  but  a  length  with  a  resolution  they 
passed  on,  and  the  Capt.  taking  them  for  hones :  travellers,  made  his 
Troop  open  to  the  right  &  left,  and  so  permitted  them  to  passe. 
Another  accident  there  happened,  which  one  nay  say  was  almost 
comical  in  this  Tragedy,  Mrs  Lane  coming  into  the  Inne,  leaves  his 
Majesty  under  the  name  of  William*  her  servant  in  the  Kitchin,  with 
whom  the  maid  enters  into  discourse,  she  asks  hi  n  where  he  was  born, 
and  what  trade  he  was,  he  answers  at  Bruminghai%  and  a  Naylor's  son, 
and  after  a  great  deal  of  other  discourse,  the  Jack  being  down,  the 
maid  desires  him  to  wind  it  up,  which  he  willingly  undertakes,  but 
goes  the  wrong  way  about  it,  and  somewhat  prejudices  it ;  at  which 
the  maid  grew  angry,  asking  him  where  he  was  5red,  and  telling  him 
he  was  the  veryest  clownish  booby  that  she  ever  saw  in  all  her  life ; 

*  The  name  of  William  Jackson  stuck  to  the  King  througiout  the  whole  period  of  his 
exile.  He  was  often  referred  to  as  "Mr.  Jackson"  in  the  correspondence  of  the  exiled 
Cavaliers.  See  Sir  Harry  de  Vic  to  Nicholas,  December  i6ti,  1655.  Nicholas  papers, 
Vol  III,  p.  209.  To  create  confusion  should  these  letters  be  scanned  by  unfriendly  eyes, 
Oliver  Cromwell  vias  also  called  "Jackson."  Nicholas  to  Riss,  Cologne,  February  ist, 
1656.      Ibid.^  p.  264. 

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TAe  Royal  Miracle 


The  Royal  Oake 


which  railing  of  hers  made  his  Majesty,  notwithstanding  his  present 
misery  go  out  of  the  room  smiling. 

Mrs  Lane  notwithstanding  his  Majesty  went  as  a  servant,  yet  had 
a  greater  respect  for  him  before  others,  pretending  him  her  Tenant's 
son ;  but  on  the  Road  she  would  alwaies  ask  what  he  would  have  to 
dinner  or  supper,  and  what  piece  of  that  he  liked,  which  she  would 
alwaies  be  sure  to  get  made  ready,  and  give  him,  he  still  sitting  at  the 
lower  end  of  the  table. 

But  to  come  to  the  end  of  their  journey,  being  arrived  at  Bristol, 
they  lodged  at  the  house  of  a  Noble  gentleman  there,  and  kinsman  to 
Mr.  Lastles  ;  the  King  finding  it  to  be  a  house  of  great  resort,  feigns 
himself  sick  of  an  Ague,  and  so  keeps  his  Chamber  all  the  day, 
coming  down  only  at  night ;  but  ones  night  coming  down  &  being 
somewhat  cold  craves  a  glasse  of  Wine  of  the  Butler,  who  carries  him 
into  the  Butlery  ;  this  Butler  having  before  served  His  Majesties 
Father  in  the  Wars,  looking  earnestly  upon  him,  suspected  him  to  be 
the  King,  so  easily  will  his  Majesty  appear  though  veil'd  in  the  utmost 
disguises,  and  thereupon  pulling  off  his  hat,  told  him  very  ceremoni- 
ously. That  he  might  command  what  Wine  he  pleased  ;  of  which  the 
King  took  no  notice,  but  drinking  off  his  Wine  went  out ;  yet  the 
Butler  could  not  satisfie  his  suspicion,  but  went  up  to  Mr.  Lastels, 
and  demanded  of  him  how  long  he  had  had  that  servant,  whereupon 
Mr  Lastels  was  very  angry  at  his  boldness,  in  daring  to  ask  him  such 
a  question  ;  but  the  Butler  still  persisted,  and  whispering  told  him 
he  believed  it  was  the  King,  whereupon  Mr  Lastels  seeing  he  was 
discovered,  sends  immediately  for  his  Majesty,  whom  he  acquaints 
with  the  Butler's  discovery  of  him,  with  whom  the  King  was  some- 
what angry,  in  regard  he  did  not  first  acquaint  himself  with  his  sus- 
picion, it  not  being  impossible,  but  that  Mr  Lastles  might  not  have 
known  him  to  be  the  King  ;  but  upon  pardon  by  the  Butler,  it  was 
granted  by  the  King,  and  he  afterwards  proved  very  instrumental  in 
his  Majesties  conveyance  through  the  Countrey. 

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But  here  at  Bristol  the  chief  design  they  hai  in  hand  failed  them  ; 
for  though  there  were  a  little  Barque  lay  there,  judged  most  con- 
venient for  the  business,  yet  the  (M)aster  woul  1  for  no  reward  trans- 
port a  single  person,  though  he  was  so  honest  as  only  to  deny  it,  and 
made  no  further  search  or  inquiry  concerning  tl-  e  person,  which  might 
perhaps  have  tended  to  a  discovery. 

The  design  here  failing,  his  Majesty  desired  to  be  brought  some 
miles  Westward  to  the  house  of  a  worthy  gentleman  whom  he  knew 
to  be  a  trusty  friend,  where  coming  he  finds  the  gentleman  in  the  field 
with  his  servants,  having  discovered  himself  to  him,  he  was  by  him 
conveyed  to  a  convenient  stand  till  night,  (having  first  taken  leave  of 
his  true  friends,  who  had  thus  far  conducted  h  m  with  the  danger  of 
their  Livess  &  Etates)  from  whence  he  was  in  t;ie  dusk  conveyed  into 
the  house,  and  there  carefully  concealed  for  a  \7eek,  till  such  time  as 
preparation  could  be  made  for  some  Western  Port  of  a  passage  for  him ; 
but  coming  afterwards  there  where  it  was  provided,  chancing  to  dine 
with  a  Parliament— Collonel  then  there,  he  thou^jht  it  the  safer  to  loose 
the  benefit  of  that  passage,  than  adventure  to  im barque  himself  singly, 
which  might  breed  suspicion,  and  perhaps  might  have  been  the  means 
after  so  many  deliverances  to  have  betrayed  him  into  the  hands  of  his 
enemies. 

This  passage  then  likewise  failing  him,  he  returned  back  to  the 
place  whence  he  came,  and  concealed  himself  thnie  weeks  longer,  till  in 
the  end  it  being  resolved  on,  he  by  the  assistance  of  il/r  Ph*  was  con- 
veyed through  the  most  by-ways  they  could  imagineto  agentlewomans 
house  in  Sussex,  where  he  lay  some  few  dayes,  till  a  person  of  true 
worth  &  honour  made  provision  of  a  faithful  Mj  ster,  who  with  a  small 
vessel  wafted  him  to  a  small  Creek  in  Normandy,  to  the  great  content 
of  the  King's  Sacred  Majesty,  and  all  his  loyal  Subjects,  and  to  the 
honour  of  the  Master  with  due  reward,  as  in  time  may  appear. 

Perhaps  the  reader  may  think  it  tedious  tha :  I  have  given  so  large 
*  Mr  Robert  Phelipps.     Set  post,  pp.  19  '-203. 

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a  narration  of  his  Majesties  escape  from  that  fight  at  Worcester^  but  it 
was  a  work  so  full  of  wonder  &  providence,  and  so  many  false  relations 
there  are  abroad,  that  I  could  do  no  lesse  than  recount  all  those  miseries 
&  hardships  which  this  poor  Prince  endured  for  the  sakes  of  us  his 
subjects,  and  more  would  he  willingly  have  endured  even  death  itself, 
to  the  redeeming  of  us  from  the  tyranny  &  oppression  which  we  then 
groaned  under. 

But  let  him  that  shall  look  upon  the  several  passages  of  his  life,  read 
them  over  &  over,  consider  the  several  difficulties  he  passed,  the  many 
dangers  that  he  was  in  to  be  betrayed,  the  Country  being  up  round 
about,  the  summe  of  money  set  upon  his  head,  for  which  many 
hundreds  out  of  their  covetousness  made  it  their  business  to  search  for 
him,  and  they  will  confesse  ingeniously  that  God  was  never  so  merciful! 
to  any  people  as  to  us,  in  delivering  his  sacred  Majesty  so  wonderfully 
out  of  the  hands  of  his  enemies,  who  breathed  out  nothing  but  his 
dea(t)h  &  destruction  on,  that  we  may  yet  have  hope  to  be  a  happy 
Nati(o)n. 

^he  News  oj  his  Majesties  escape  being  brought  to  Oliver,  by  the 
privacy  of  Mrs  Jane  Lane  :  He  ordered  a  Troop  of  horses  to  plunder  her 
house  i^  seize  her  Person.  But  notice  being  given  her  by  a  friend  at 
White-Hall,  she  went  disguised  for  Bristol,  and  so  escaped  to  France. 


The  account  given  in  this  tract  is  that  contained  in  "  The  History 
of  his  SaCRed  Majesty  Charles  the  II  etc.     By  a  Person  of  Quality." 


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IV 


The  Royal  Patienct  Traveller 

A  Rhyming  Account  of  the  Escape  of  King  Charles  II 

1660 

(Reprinted  from  the  Unique  Copy  in  the  Bo  ileian  Library) 


THE  ROYAL  PATIENT  TRi^.VELLER,* 


or. 


The  wonderful  Escapes  of  His  Sacred  Majesty '  King  CHARLES  the 
Second  from  Worcester-Fight ;  And  his  making  a  Hollow  Oke  his 
Royall  Pallace.  The  going  in  a  Livery  Cloa  c  with  Mrs.  Lane.  And 
the  Discourse  between  the  Kings  Majesty,  and  the  Cook-maid  im- 
ploying  the  King  to  wind  up  the  Jack  ;  but  being  not  used  to  do 
it,  did  wind  it  up  the  wrong  way. 

To  the  tune  of,  CAivy  CAase,  Or,  God  prosper  lon^,  our  Hobk  King, 


\wsodcut  here  of  a 
man,  presumably  the 
Kingj  on  horseback] 

QOD  hath  preserved  our  Royal  Hing 

the  second  of  that  name, 
And  those  that  will  not  pray  for  hiio, 

indeed  they  are  too  blame  : 
For  thousands  have  against  him  spoke, 

but  I  shall  it  disclaim, 
And  with  all  others  have  a  care 

how  they  should  do  the  same, 
David  we  read  had  enemies 

that  did  him  sore  annoy, 
So  CHARLES  the  Second  had  the  same, 

who  is  fair  Englands  joy. 
In  May  it  was  the  twenty  nine, 

King  Charles  of  high  Renown. 
Being  his  birth-day  (as  'tis  known) 

to  London  came  to  town. 
But  had  you  seen  the  tryumph  mad ; 

♦  [Wood  401.  fol.  171b] 

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[woodcut  here  of  a 
lady,   half  length] 


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[Wood  401.  171] 


(2nd  colunm) 


[Wood  401.  1 71**] 


The  Royal  Miracle 

And  Bonfires  flaming  high. 
And  all  the  people  for  to  cry 

God  save  his  Majesty. 
I  will  rejoyce  at  his  happiness, 
and  pray  he  long  may  reign, 
And  of  some  passages  he  had 

with  honest  Mistris  Lane, 
From  Scotland  he  to  Worcester  came 

though  friends  did  look  about, 
Yet  Cromwel  came  with  a  mighty  Force 

and  did  give  him  the  Rout, 
A  journey  long  I  am  sure  he  had 

with  frinds  the  loving  Scot, 
Eling  Charles  mounting  himself  so  brave, 

three  times  his  Horse  was  shot. 
The  King  did  therefore  for  his  safety, 

make  friends  to  have  some  pitty, 
For  so  our  Saviour  he  doth  say 

as  I  write  in  this  Ditty : 
If  persecution  being  great, 
of  such  then  have  a  care, 
So  at  that  time  'tis  very  true 
One  did  cut  off  his  Hair. 
His  Princely  cloaths  he  off  did  strip, 

and  did  himself  disguise, 
So  of  King  Alfred  I  have  read, 
that  was  a  Prince  most  wise. 
A  Chain  of  gold  that  he  had  then, 
worth  hundreds  without  doubt 
He  gave  away  unto  a  friend, 
who  lead  him  there  about. 
Into  a  wood  where  Inns  was  none 

nor  Lodgings  there  bespoke. 
The  best  of  Lodgings  he  could  get, 

was  in  a  hollow  Oke 
O  happy  Oke  (saith  Mistris  Lane, 

that  ever  I  did  see, 
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A  Pallace  for  a  Prince  thou  wast 
but  he  will  go  with  me. 

[^  woodcut  here  of  six  soldiers,  toith  an    officer 
in  front  of  them\ 

JJER  Serving-man  King  Charles  became 

For  so  he  thought  it  best. 
And  she  to  free  him  from  his  foes 
Did  travel  towards  the  West. 
For  all  the  Land  was  up  in  Arms 

in  City  and  in  Town. 
And  for  Bang  Charles  to  find  him  out, 

it  was  a  thousand  pound. 
But  Mistris  Lane  vertuous  and  wise, 

so  much  did  understand. 
What  woful  hunting  they  did  make, 

for  Charles  of  fair  England. 
For  through  a  town  they  then  must  pass, 

for  there  was  no  back  Lane 
The  Horses  heels  then  up  did  trip, 

and  down  fell  man  and  Dame. 
The  Souldiers  seeing  of  the  same, 

at  them  did  laugh  and  jeer, 
And  she  suspition  for  to  shun, 

struck  him  a  Box  on  the  Ear. 
With  angry  words  she  seemed  to  sp;ak, 

I  think  I  am  well  mann'd. 
For  such  another  I  am  sure 

is  not  within  the  Land, 
To  second  it  her  brother  in  Law 

so  much  in  anger  spoke, 
Well,  must  my  Father  then  said  he 

carry  your  mans  Cloak, 
It  was  too  heavy  then  (said  she) 

what  need  you  be  so  cross 
The  burthen  off  it  was  so  great 
it  threw  us  off  the  horse. 

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(f.  172) 


IMKvaM 


(2nd  column) 


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Her  nimble  tongue  and  wit  in  prime, 

and  being  a  Lady  gay, 
The  Souldiers  laughing  at  them  then 

did  let  them  pass  their  way, 
God  freed  them  from  their  Enemies 

For  with  him  there  is  pitty. 
At  the  three  Crowns  King  Charles  then  lay 

which  is  in  Bristow  City, 
For  in  the  Kitchin  he  was  plac'd 

by  his  most  loving  friend. 
And  modestly  he  there  did  stand, 

Fearing  he  should  offend, 
It  made  the  Kitchin-maid  much  muse, 

she  could  not  understand, 
That  in  the  Kitchin  by  her  stood 

King  Charles  of  fair  England. 
For  being  by  the  fire-side, 
She  asked  what  Country  man. 
At  Brumingham  the  King  replyed 

and  a  Naylors  son. 
With  bobs  and  speeches  for  some  Sluts, 

In  words  they  are  not  slack. 
At  her  command  King  Charles  must  be 

for  to  wind  up  the  Jack. 
Though  mildly  he  did  take  this  task, 

it  seems  he  did  want  skill, 
The  wrong  way  he  did  go  about 

and  did  do  it  some  ill : 
Great  Clownish  booby  she  him  calls 

yet  he  was  meek  and  mild. 
And  though  she  us'd  such  taunting  words 


He  at  her  did  but  smile, 
He  venters  to  another  house, 

Where  people  came  so  thick. 
That  all  the  day  his  Chamber  kept, 

as  if  he  had  been  sick. 
But  comming  down  one  night  indeed, 

he  spyed  a  servant  old, 

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And  for  a  glass  of  Wine  he  craves, 

because  he  was  a  cold. 
The  Butler  quickly  him  describd 

and  knew  he  was  the  King, 
With  hat  in  hand  thus  did  he  say, 

you  may  have  any  thing. 
So  easily  his  Majesty, 

although  in  cloth  so  plain. 
No  notice  of  his  words  he  takes, 

to  his  Chamber  goes  again. 
The  Butler  being  not  satisfi'd, 

with  courage  spake  he  can,  \sic\ 
Of  master  Lastel  he  must  know 

how  long  he  had  that  man. 
And  whispering  he  told  him  then, 

I  know  it  is  my  Liege, 
And  do  not  do  him  any  wrong, 

I  do  you  now  beseech, 
Designs  still  failing,  yet  no  dobut  \jic\ 

to  God  he  still  doth  yeeld. 
And  to  a  trusty  friend  he  went, 

that  then  was  in  the  field. 
And  for  three  weeks  the  King  conceals 

and  then  did  back  return. 
And  for  a  time  he  made  a  stay, 

it  seems  in  fair  London  : 
Where  he  beheld  such  things  as  wa? 


sad  to  his  tender  heart. 
Some  grief  at  that  time  did  he  feel, 

from  London  did  he  part. 
A  Master  of  a  Ship  at  last 

it  seems  was  a  good  man. 
Did  Hoise  up  sail, 

and  so  to  France,  as  I  do  understand. 


By  Henry  Jones  of  Oxford. 


\^ added  in  Antony 
floods'  band] 


Printed  for  the  Authour, 
[i66o.»] 


97 


The  Wonderfull  &  Miraculous  Escape 
of  Our  Gracious  King 

A  Ballad  of  1660 
(From  the  Unique  Original  in  the  Bodleian  Library) 


I 


The  Wonderfull  and  Miraculous  escape  of  our  Gracious  King,  from 
that  dismal,  black  and  gloomie  defeat  at  Worester :  together  with 
a  pattern  to  all  true  and  faithfull  Subjects,  by  the  five  Loyall  and 
faithfuU  Brothers,  with  their  care  and  diligence,  observance  and 
obedience  8  dayes  in  the  time  of  his  Majesties  obscurity.* 

The  tune  is,  Come  lets  drink  the  time  inyites. 

[Woodcut  here  of  tvoo  men^  and  a  boj  and 
a  girl  standing  behind  them] 

r^Ome  you  learned  Poets  let's  :al 
our  Fathers  and  our  Mothers, 
For  wee'l  write  Historicall, 

of  five  Loyall  faithfull  Brothers. 
Richard  Humphry,  John  and  Gi'orge 
"William  once  who  had  the  char|;e 

of  brave  King  Charles  and  others. 

After  Worsters  dismall  day, 

here's  a  true  Relation, 
How  our  King  escapt  away, 

and  who  was  the  preservation , 
Of  his  Sacred  Majesty, 
In  his  great  necessity, 

beyond  all  admiration. 

He  great  Kingly  acts  did  doe, 

with  a  brave  intention. 
Uentred  Crown  and  Kingdoms  too. 


[Wood  401.     f.  173b] 
*  [Wood  401.     f.  173b] 


in  one  day  for  our  Redemptio;i, 


lOl 


(md  column) 


II 


[Wood  401         ] 


The  Royal  Miracle 

But  in  this  He  not  insist. 
The  books  doth  make  it  manifest, 
beyond  my  wits  invention. 

For  when  he  perceiv'd  in  fight, 
the  un-even  ground  did  rout  him, 

Five  and  twenty  miles  that  night 
he  rid  with  all  his  Lords  about  him, 

But  it  would  have  griev'd  your  heart 

For  to  have  seen  them  all  depart, 
what  sorrow  was  throughout  them. 

Though  with  grief  and  double  feare, 

they  yet  did  hold  together. 
On  the  confines  of  Staffordshire, 

but  to  goe  they  knew  not  whether. 
The  conclusion  in  the  end, 
Earle  Derby  said  he  had  a  friend, 

hard  by  and  they'd  goe  thither. 

Then  to  the  place  they  all  did  goe, 

where  the  Earle  intended. 
But  the  people  did  not  know 

from  what  blood  they  wtire  descended 
But  they  set  them  Bread  and  Cheese, 
And  the  Bang  did  highly  please, 

his  sorrow  much  amended. 

The  Earle  of  Derby  in  the  end, 

all  his  mind  disbursed, 
Askt  if  there  was  any  friend 

that  wherein  he  might  be  trusted } 
William  Pendrall  then  came  in, 

"Who  said  he  would  be  true  to  him, 
else  let  him  be  accursed. 

Ane  further  said  if 't  'twas  the  King, 

nothing  should  be  lacking. 
In  any  part  that  lay  in  him, 

for  the  escape  which  he  was  making. 

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The  IVonderfull  and  Miraculous  Escape 

And  like  unto  the  Turtle-Dove, 
This  honest  William  still  did  prove, 
in  all  his  undertakings. 

\Woodcut  of  three  men^  ttco  sitting  at  a  tabkf 
the  third  standing  up  smoking  a  pifej\ 

ANd  George  the  yongest  brother  he 

made  hast  and  set  his  clothing, 
For  his  Sacred  Majesty. 

cause  the  country  should  not  icnow  him 
Richard  he  did  round  his  haire, 
For  true  Loyallists  they  were. 

all  five  were  faithfull  to  him. 

Humphty  \sic]  fetcht  him  Hat  and  Band. 

of  the  Country  Fashion. 
Shipakin*  gloves  for  his  white  hand, 

likewise  John  had  great  compission 
Fetcht  him  shirt  and  shooes  the  while. 
Then  the  King  began  to  smile, 

at  his  accommodation. 

Richard  fetcht  his  coat  by  steal tJi, 

and  his  best  arrayment. 
Then  the  King  discrib'd  himself;, 

of  his  rich  and  Princely  Garm  mt. 

Nimbly  he  did  put  them  on. 
And  a  Wood  Bill  in  his  hand, 
this  was  our  Kings  prefermenu 

William  then  went  with  the  Kin:}, 

Richard  he  did  leave  them. 
Cause  Intelligence  hee'd  bring, 

least  the  Wood  it  should  deceive  them, 
George  and  Humphry  scouting  were. 
Seeing  if  the  coasts  were  cleare 

none  might  come  aneere  them, 

*  Gloves  made  of  sheep's  skin. 
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[Wood  401         ] 


(fol.  174) 


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The  Wonderfull  and  Miraculous  Escape 

Then  Humphry,  Richard,  John  &  George 

safely  did  surrender. 
The  King  which  they  had  in  the  ir  charg 

on  the  eighth  day  of  Septembir, 
The  King  he  leave  then  took  of  them, 
And  said  if  e'r  he  came  agen, 

their  loves  he  would  remember. 

Printed  for  F.  Coles.  T.  Vere,  and  W.  Gilbrtson.  [1660*] 


[Wood  401.     f.  174] 


The  Royal  Miracle 

The  tydings  Humphry  had  in  Town, 

put  his  vaines  a  quaking. 
Hearing  twas  a  thousand  pound 

bid  for  any  one  to  take  him, 
The  King  was  somthing  then  dismaid, 
To  think  what  baits  the  Jews  had  laid, 

and  horrid  Plots  were  making. 

All  the  day  they  wandred  then, 

in  great  consultation, 
Like  forlorne  distrissed  men, 

that  ne*r  were  in  such  condition. 
William  to  the  king  bespoke. 
And  said  he  knew  a  hollow  Oake, 

might  be  his  preservation. 

Then  through  bushes  they  did  rouze, 
the  trees  were  so  berounded, 

"With  brakes  and  bryers  leavs  &  bows, 
that  in  number  they  abounded. 

It  was  the  Castle  of  our  King, 

And  his  Royall  Court  within, 
for  ever  is  renowned. 


William  he  did  bring  him  food, 

like  he  were  a  ranger, 
"While  he  staid  within  the  Wood, 

though  good  King  he  was  a  stranger : 
Hollow  Oaks  his  dwelling  place. 
Where  he  staid  for  five  days  space, 

in  sorrow  and  in  danger. 


[*  Added  in  Antony 
Wood's  hand] 


il" 


VI 


Miraculum-Basili  con 


or 


The  Royal  Miracle 


I 


OR    THE/ 

ROYAL     MIRACLE, 

Truly  Exhibiting 

The  wonderful  Prefcrvation  of  His  Sacred 

Majefiy  In. ,    vviili  his  miraculous  Efcape  after  ,   the 
Battel  of  worcr/Jfr:  with  his  Deliverances  4t  Edff  hill,  and  In 
the  Downs ;   taichmlly  colledcd  and  compofed  from  the  bcft 
and  trucft  Relations :  But  as  to  that  o^Worct^eVy  princi- 
pally from  the  incomparable  Elenchus  motuum,  &{» 
as  it  was  immediately  delivei'd  from  the  l^ln^'s 
own  mouth,  to  that  learned  Author, 

yyhereunto  is  added 
Some  Eflayes,  by  way  of  In:rodufton  j  i .  Proving, 
That  the  frequent  Vidorics  of  the  CromwtUituii ,  were  no 
fignal  netcsot  God's  Providence,  for  owning  that  Party,  as 
w»$  the  common  canting  of  the  lare  Times.  %,  For  the 
Sufferings  they  havC)  and  fome  ftill  undergoc,  (ince  i  ^^o. 
in  thefe,  they  are  not  (  as  they  fay  )  perfecutcd,  but  juftly 
puniihed.  3,  Some  Perlwafions  to  Peace  and  Unity.  4. 
Sandity  and  Schifm,  or  Religion  and  Rebellion,  cannot 
p«flibly  Cohabit  in  the  fame  Pcrfon  or  Party.  Laftly ,  A 
Poftfcript,  by  way  of  Advice,  t«  fome  ol  the  f^ng*s  Party  , 
that  they  endcarour  to  anfwer  this  tranfcendcnt  Mercy  of 
Qod,  in  the  Deliverance,  and  Reftau ration  ,  both  of  the 
King,  and  Church,  by  a  fobcr  and  religious  Coaverfation, 

By  A.  J.  EirenofhlUUthes, 


— —  Deus  nobis  haec  oiia  fecit 
Namq;  exit  ille  mihi  Temper  Deus. 


Eil  I. 


U  is  ht  that  livetb  fatvAticn  unto  Kings  %    who  deftvtred 
Divid  his  Servant  from  the  bmtjulfvpord,  Pi'al.  144.  Ver.  10. 


LONDON^  Pi/nted  in  the  Year  i  6  5.4. 


Title-page  of  one  of  the  two  copies  of  the 
Miraculum-Basilicon,   or  Royal  Miracle  (1664) 

[Now  in  the  British  Museum) 


Miraculum    basilicon 

OR    THE 

ROYAL  MIRACLE  :  * 

Exhibiting  His  Sacred  Majesties  most  Miraculouj  Preservation  in  and 
after  the  Battel  of  Worcester,  &c. 

THE  Affairs  of   Scotland,  in  relation  to  the  Kings  Interest  there, 

growing  now  so  desperate  ;    (there    being  not  1  ;ft  the  least  Gale  of     Anno  1651 

Probability,  to  fill  the  Sayls  of  Hope)  for  Cromwell  (who  at  his  first 

entry)  from  a  Despairing  Enemy,  is  now  become  an  Insulting  Conquerour, 

and  as  if  he  had  dipt  the  Wings  of  Victory,  doth  by  his  frequent,  and 

no  less  eminent  defeating  the  Kirk's  Army,  make  tliat  Nation  now  begin 

to  feel  the  Vengeance  of  his  Prevailing  Sword. 

For  having  shamefully  baffl'd  them,  by  a  to  :al  Rout  at  Dunbar, 
taken  Dalkeith  :  And  also  Dundasse  (being  cajoUed,  nay  rather  tempted 
by  this  Monster  of  Fraud  and  Dissimulation)  treacherously  concludes 
the  Rendition  of  that  sometime  Maiden,  but  nov  Prostitute  Castle  of 

*  The  only  two  copies  of  this  work  I  have  been  able  t5  trace  are  in  the  British 
Museum.  No  copy  exists  in  the  Bodleian  Library.  Of  these  t  vo  copies  one  is  No.  3528 
m  the  GrenvUle  Library,  the  other  is  in  the  General  Library,  under  the  press-mark  1326  b  g. 

The  size  of  the  leaves  in  both  copies  is  nearly  the  same,  vi::.  5I  x  3^  inches,  but  both 
have  the  appearance  of  having  been  cut  down  for  binding.  The  type  is  a  trifle  blurred, 
especially  when  italics  are  used.  Both  copies  appear  to  have  ban  corrected  by  the  author 
Jemngs.  In  the  GrevUle  copy  is  the  following  note  :— Acqi  ired  by  the  Museum  Jan. 
1847  with  the  Grenville  Library  (bequeathed  by  the  Rt.  Hon.  Thos.  Grenville,  ^  1846) 
On  the  fly-leaf  is  written  in  a  hand  which  is  almost  certainly  thai  of  Grenville,  "I  have  not 
seen  another  copy  of  this  book." 

1  T^^-  TJ^  ^i^^'  ""^  '^"  """^^  *'^  '^'«^'^y  ^'**^^°-  Althou  Th  quoted  as  being  incom- 
plete (Bnt.  Mus.  Cat.,  and  apparently  believed  to  be  so  by  Mr.  Allan  Fea),  it  turns  out  to  be 
entire ;  but  pp.  83  and  84  have  been  bound  out  of  order  at  the  ei.d  of  the  book  and  so  give 

109 


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vxcepted. 


Avgust  I.  165 1. 


Edinburgh^  (for  whether  Treachery  or  Cowardise  challenged  the  greatest 
Tk-  Highlanders  share  in  the  majority  of  this  people,  is  not  easie  to  determine)  together 
with  his  Boats  arriving  at  Leigh ;  his  Army  being  transported  into 
Fife,  where  not  long  after  Lambert  defeating  Sir  John  Brown,  they 
become  Masters  of  the  Pass  at  Sterling  ;  Jind  with  Trophies  of  Victory 
proceed  to  the  reducing  of  St.  Johnstons.  Whereupon  his  sacred 
Majesty  (justly  despairing  of  any  thing  honourable,  from  a  Nation  so 
immerst  in  baseness)  adding  Resolution  to  his  constant  Courage,  and 
steeling  his  Faith  with  Hopes,  intends  for  England  ;  to  try  his  Fortune 
amongst  his  more  Loyal  Subjects  there,  though  in  a  far  worse  capacity 
to  serve  him.  And  now  turning  his  back  upon  Sterling,  (by  his  most 
excellent  Policy)  get  three  dayes  march  of  Cromwell,  and  comes  into 
England  by  way  of  Carlisle.  Where  when  his  sacred  Majesty  was 
arriv'd,  in  all  Cities  and  Towns  as  he  marched  through,  was  proclamed 
King  of  England,  Scotland,  France,  and  Ireland,  &c.  And  like  a 
Prince  in  whom  Justice  was  temp'red,  if  not  swallowed  up  in  Clemency, 
he  issueth  out  Overtures  of  Grace  and  Mercy  to  all  such  {Cromwell, 
Ireton,  Bradshaw,  and  Cook  (the  more  immediate  Murtherers  of  his 

the  appearance  of  wanting  those  following  ;  however,  pp.  85-92  precede  them.     As  this 
copy  is  complete,  it  may  be  useful  to  give  here  the  full  compass  of  the  work. 

Title-page 
pages  not      j   8  pages  of  Dedication  (pr.  in  italics) 
numbered.      1 86     „      „    Introduction  ('pr.  in  type  like  small  Pica) 
pages  numberedr74  pages  actual  text  of  the  Miracu/um  {ty^  like  Pica) 
1-92.        1 18     „     of  the  Postscript  do. 

This  copy  is  bound  in  light  brown  calf  with  stamp  and  book-plate  of  Rt.  Hon.  Thos. 
Grenville. 

The  second  copy,  acquired  by  purchase  on  27  April,  1858,  wants  pages  19-22  and 
27-30  of  the  actual  text.  The  whole  of  the  complete  copy  has  been  carefully  transcribed, 
but  I  have  only  reprinted  the  historical  portion,  oraitting  the  prolix  dedication  (wholly 
printed  in  italics)  to  "the  most  Excellent  Lady  Florence  Roll,  wife  to  the  Honourable  Sir 
John  Roll,"  m  which  that  "much  Honoured  Madam  "  is  assured  that  "Whilst  we  sate  by 
the  Rivers  of  Babylon,  there  was  no  contemplation  which  did  more  affect  my  hopes  of  the 
Restauration  of  Sion,  than  the  signed  Mercies  of  Go.1,  in  covering  the  Royal  Head  of  our 
most  Gracious  Sovereign  in  the  day  of  Battel."  The  introduction  (also  omitted)  emulates 
the  long-windedness  displayed  in  his  devotions  by  the  '* puny  parson  of  Charmouth." 

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Royal  Father  only  excepted)  as  would  come  in,  and  accept  of  his  free 
Grace  and  Pardon. 

And  now  his  Majesty  being  come  into  ?itchcroft-V\eiA%,  nigh 
Worcester,  he  admonisheth,  by  his  Royal  Edict,  ;dl  his  loving  Subjects, 
which  were  above  sixteen,  and  under  sixty,  that  they  presently  appear 
to  his  aid  and  assistance,  according  to  an  old  Statute  of  this  Kingdom. 
To  which  Proclamation,  that  they  might  perforin  all  due  Obedience, 
within  a  very  short  time  there  appear  Francis,  Lord  Talbot,  eldest  Son 
of  the  Earl  of  "Shrewsbury,  with  sixty  compleat  Horse  attending  him  ; 
Mr  7homasHornyold  {of  Blackmore  Park)  with  forty  Horse  ;  Mr.  John 
Washburn  (of  Witching  Ford)  with  forty  Horse  more  ;  Sir  John  Pack- 
ington,  Sir  Walter  Blunt,  Sir  Ralph  Clare,  with  many  more  both  of 
Knights  and  Esquires,  besides  two  thousand  common  people  ready  to 
take  Arms  under  the  King's  Banner,  notwithstanding  the  eminent 
Danger  which  attended  that  Enterprise.  By  the  augmentation  of 
which  number,  the  King's  Army  consisted  of  fourteen  thousand  Horse 
and  Foot ;  but  two  thousand  of  the  Scotish  Souldiery  lay  weary  behind, 
partly  by  reason  of  the  length  of  the  March,  or  else  partly  slid  away 
by  reason  of  Fear.  But  if  it  be  objected,  Wherefore  no  more  did 
flock  in  Troops  towards  the  Kings  Camp?  It  may  easily  be  answered, 
viz.  The  immature  Meeting  or  Endeavours  to  assist  the  King,  between 
the  Welsh,  and  the  Londoners,  together  with  the  Gloucestershire  Men, 
being  so  lately  suppress'd  ;  and  also  the  Cruelty  of  the  then  Pretended- 
Parliament,  so  severely  punishing  the  ineffectual  studies  of  such  as  en- 
deavoured to  take  Armes  for  the  King's  assistance  ;  all  which  were  as 
yet  evident  to  the  eyes,  and  fresh  in  the  memo  y  of  most  men.  To 
these  things  may  be  added,  the  sudden  and  altogether  unexpected 
approach  of  his  sacred  Majesty,  which  did  take  :>f[  all  Opportunity  to 
the  Loyal  Party  of  confederating,  and  mutually  exhorting  each  other  to 
repair  unto  him.     Lastly,  The  memory  of  the  t'eotish^  Injuries,  which 

Mr  Rof Rlo^';  lf^\  t*' w'°  '^  ^'"^y*  ^''  ^^'^^  '^""^^^'  ^''  Thomas  Acton, 
Mr.  Rob.  Blount,  Mr.  Rob.  W.gmore.  Mr.  Francis  Knotsford,  Mr.  Peter  Blunt. 

Ill 


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Wiggan 


that  Nation  not  many  years  before  had  brought  upon  them,  could  not 
as  yet  possibly  be  obliterated  :  Neither  indeed  did  the  difference  seem 
much,  whether  on  the  one  side,  they  submitted  to  a  cruel  Servitude 
under  the  Tyranny  of  their  own  Country-men;  or  on  the  other, 
whether  they  became  Obnoxious  to  the  Pride  of  the  insulting  ^cot. 
To  all  which  we  may  add,  the  indefatigable  Industry,  and  extreme 
Diligence  of  the  Democratians,  or  Common-weal- Men  ;  together  with 
the  Oligarchians,  (or  such  as  would  have  only  the  better  sort  to 
rule)  in  exciting  the  several  Counties  to  the  increasing  their  Armies  ; 
and  not  only  narrowly  observing,  but  speedily  suppressing  the  Kings 
Friends. 

The  Arch-Regicide  Cromwell  being  now  return'd  into  England^ 
(leaving  six  thousand  Souldiers  in  Scotland,  under  the  Command  of 
General  Monck,  in  order  to  the  prosecution  of  his  Victories  there)  doth 
exceedingly  rejoyce  the  Armies  of  the  Parricides,  and  innervate  them 
with  new  vigour  ;  And  presently  joyns  his  Forces  with  Lambert,  and 
Harrison,  and  also  with  Gray,  and  Fleetwood^  and  so  with  Souldiers  from 
all  parts,  some  being  Voluntiers,  others  prest,  in  number  at  least  four- 
score thousand,  (if  some  have  not  miscounted  in  their  Calculations)  he 
begirts  the  City  of  Worcester. 

But  the  heroick  Enterprises  which  at  that  time  were  attempted  by 
that  truly  honourable  the  Earl  of  Derby,  though  Fortune  denied  them 
a  propitious  aspect,  yet  ought  they  not  to  be  buried  in  the  dark  Grave 
of  Oblivion,  but  rather  written  with  indelible  Characters,  as  Monu- 
ments of  Loyalty  to  the  embalming  of  his  memory.  For  being  attended 
with  an  inconsiderable  party  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  Men,  coming 
from  the  Isle  of  Man,  applyes  himself  to  the  Town  of  Lancaster,  and  in 
a  very  short  time  in  that  County  lifteth  fifteen  hundred  Men  ;  which 
whilst  he  was  conducting  to  Manchester^  there  to  have  augmented  this 
Loyal  Party  with  five  hundred  more,  meets  (such  was  Heavens  Decree) 
with  Lilburn,  a  Colonel  of  the  Parricides,  assisted  with  a  Party  of 
sixteen  hundred  Sectaries,  where  presently  a  Fight  begins,  and  after 

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a  very  sharp  Conflict,  the  Earl  is  worsted,  and  having  received 
two  wounds,  he  escapes,  conveying  himself  through  by-paths  and 
woods  to  Worcester;  the  Lord  Widdrington,  Sir  Thomas  Tildesley, 
Colonel  Matthew  Bointon,*  being  all  slain  ir  the  Engagement :  Sir 
William  Throckmorton,  Colonel  Richard  Legg,  with  four  other  principal 
Commanders,  and  four  hundred  private  Souldiers,  are  all  taken 
Prisoners.! 

In  the  mean  time  Cromwell,  like  an  implacible  Enemy,  vieweth  the 
Royal  Army,  being  uncertain  as  yet  upon  what  part  of  the  Kings  Camp 
to  make  the  first  Onset,  concludes  at  last  the  Fcrlorn  Hope  to  fall  upon 
Upon,  a  small  place  situate  towards  the  South,  seven   Miles  below 
Worcester,  where  was  a  Stone  Bridge  went  over  the  River  Severn;  which 
Bridge  Major  General  Massey  had  broken  down,  but  as  it  fortun'd,  had 
left  a  Beam  which  reach'd  from  the  extremities  of  one  of  the  Arches  ; 
laying  himself  secure,  with  two  hundred  and  fifty  Horse,  in  a  small 
Town  fast  by,  notwithstanding  the  Pass  was  neglected.     But  CromwelVs 
Souldiers  quickly  apprehending  that  Opportunity,  and  climbing  by  that 
Beam,  one  after  another,  suddenly  get  over,  and  having  gotten  a  con- 
siderable Party,  they  not  long  after  take  the  Church  of  Upon,  defending 
It  so  long,  untill  others,  partly  by  the  Horses  swimming  the  River,  and 
partly  by  the  Bridge,  which   is  now   in   somo  degree  repaired,  new 
supplies  of  the  Enemy  come  over.      The  Major  General  sounds  a 
Retreat,  and  having  received  a  great  J  wounc    in  his  hand,  marches 
back  to  Worcester,    The  Parricides,  by  laying  Planks  upon  Boats,  make 
Bridges  over  the  River  Team,  and   so  in  Trcops  pass  over;   which 
River  flowing  a  little  farther  westerly,  devolves;  into  Severn,  not  much 
below  the  City.     By  and  by  the  like  Bridge  is  made  upon  the  River 
Severn  it  self,  and  under  Buns-hill,  about  a  Mile  from  the  City,  they 

*  Also  Col.  Trollop,  Lieutenant  Co/ow/ GUlard,  ^c.  Colovel  Roscarrock  tvounded. 
Col.  Babe  ^y^'^™''^^^  Fetherstonhough,  {who  was  afterwards  beheaded  by  the  Rebells) 

X  A  Shot  from  a  Musket,  \n  which  Dispute  he  behaved  himst  If  very  gallantly, 
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The  other  'Detuty 
Gcvernour. 


]oyn  all  their  Forces,  and*  face  Worcester  with  twenty  thousand,  as  if 
they  intended  presently  to  engage  the  Royal  Army. 

The  next  Night,  the  stout  Major  General  Middleton,  with  a 
Brigade  of  fifteen  hundred  Horse  and  Foot  of  the  Scots,  resolves  to 
make  a  sally  upon  the  Enemy  ;  But  the  Cromwellians,  by  a  certain 
Taylor,  (named  Guyes,  and  one  of  Worcester,  who  notwithstanding  by 
a  Halter  afterwards  received  the  just  reward  of  a  Traytor)  being  pre- 
admonished,  with  all  dexterity  made  Provision  to  receive  this  Camisado, 
or  Sally  :  nevertheless  the  edge  of  the  Royal  Valour  is  not  rebated, 
but  resolves  to  make  some  attempts  upon  the  Enemy,  but  proving 
insuccessfull,  for  Knox  the  Major  of  the  Party,  with  some  others, 
being  lost,  the  rest  return  to  the  City. 

And  now  the  third  day  of  September  being  come,  not  more 
memorable  than  fatal  to  the  Scotish  Nation,  in  regard  of  the  total  Rout 
they  received  upon  the  same  day  the  year  before  at  Dunbar  by 
Cromwell,  when  as  his  sacred  Majesty,  being  attended  with  his  Council 
of  War,  from  a  very  high  Tower  of  the  Cathedral  Church  beheld  the 
Enemy,  he  sees  them  marching  towards  the  City,  presently  there  is  an 
Allarm  given,  and  likewise  the  King  himself  speedily  marcheth  in 
person  to  the  defence  of  Powick  Bridge,  to  frustrate  the  new  passage 
made  there  by  Boats  (which  was  formerly  mentioned.)  The  King  was 
scarcely  returned  to  the  City,  but  Montgomery,  who  was  appointed  to 
defend  the  Bridge,  being  dangerously  wounded,  and  moreover  wanting 
Ammunition  ;  also  Colonel  Keyth  being  taken  Prisoner,  is  forced  to 
retreat  into  Worcester.  But  whilst  these  things  were  in  agitation,  his 
sacred  Majesty  moveth  towards  the  East  side  of  the  City,  and  with 
height  of  Magnanimity  resolves  to  try  the  fortune  of  the  Battel,  his 
Majesty  now  being  attended  with  a  considerable  Party  of  Foot,  his 
Horse  indeed  being  not  many,  (for  the  Daseness  of  the  Scotish  Horse 
was  such,  as  they  could  not  be  engaged  so  much  as  to  move  a  foot) 
and  steel'd  with  Resolution  like  himself,  leading  on  his  Foot,  accom- 

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panied  with  the  Dukes  of  Hamilton  and  Buck'ngham,  and  also  with  Sir 
Alexander  For  bus,  he  falls  upon  the  Enemies  quarters  at  Perrywood, 
about  a  Mile  from  the  City,  in  which  Enga^rement  his  Majesty  often 
charg'd   with    that    gallantry,   and    clear    apprehensions    of    warlike 
Discipline,  as   could   not  but  move  admiration  in  the  worst  of  his 
Enemies.    Upon  the  first  Assault  he  becomes  Master  of  their  Artillery, 
their  Guards  being  slain  ;  but  afterwards,  alt  lough  he  had  extricated 
the  acute  and   knotty  parts   of  War   by   th(    sagacity  of  his    mind, 
although  he  did  attempt  things  both  great  and  hazardous,  and  that 
with  a  mind  as  sublime  as  himself  was   above  others  ;   although  he 
himself  did  atchieve  many  noble  and  renowned  Enterprises,  and  that 
with  a  most  prompt  and  valiant  Arm  ;    yea  although  he  did  at  this 
time  principally,  by  most  undeniable  tokens,  demonstrate  the  excel- 
lency and  clarity  of  his  innate  Courage,   (as  the  Enemy  it  self  can 
witness)  yet  notwithstanding  new  supplies,  and  fresh  reserves  of  Re  be  lis 
being  still  sent  from  Cromwell,  (like  billowe:;  in  the  Sea,  one  in  the 
neck  of  another)  by  which  he  was  engaged  or  cppress'd  above  measure, 
(Valour  it  self  being  prest  to  death  under  the  weight  of  Multitude) 
Non  Desperavit,  he  doth  not  despair  (Piety  and  Courage  having  so 
invincibly  possest  his  Royal    Heart,   as   Fear   could   not   peirce,   nor 
Despair  enter;)  and  that  he  might  reserve  h  mself  for  better  things, 
he  thinks  fit  to  recede,  and  escape  by  a  timely  retreat  into  the  City  \ 
where  when  he  return'd,  by  reason  of  a  Cart  leaden  with  Ammunition,' 
(a  Wheel  being  infortunately  broken,  and  lying  athwart  in  the  very 
entry  of  Sudbury-Gate)  he  was   for  some  time  hindred  ;    but  appre- 
hending the  danger  of  the  smallest  Remora,  iie  suddenly  dismounts, 
and  passing  in  a-foot,  presently  mounts  anoth.-r  Horse,  where  with  all 
earnestness  of  mind,  and  strength  of  voice,  h.j  doth  now  animate  his 
famting  Souldiers,  strongly  perswading  them  10  let  the  Enemy  a-new 
feel  the  effects  of  their  Courage  in  the  recovery  of  the  Battel;  until 
danger  emmently  approaching,  passing  through  St.  Martin's  Gate,  he 
overtakes  the  ^Horse,  under  the  Command  o:'  David  Lesley,  (whose 


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iGenerai  egregious  Cowardise,  if  not  Treachery,  was  such,  as  not  to  make  one 
Charge  in  the  whole  Fight)  and  going  forwards  towards  BarhotCs 
Bridge,  did  most  earnestly  and  uncessantly  beseech  them,  that  they 
would'now  at  last,  with  recollected  minds,  and  that  with  all  celerity, 
sally  forth  to  relieve  the  poor  Foot  now  fighting,  and  engaged  in  the 
very  jawes  of  danger  :  But  it  proves  as  ineffectual  as  the  wise  Charm 
to  the  deaf  Adder,  for  some  refuse,  others  throw  away  their  Armes,  all 
turn  their  backs,  and  decline  danger,  rather  than  they  would,  by 
resolute  fighting  (and  true  Valour  winged  with  Hope)  make  that 
either  the  first  day  of  their  Victory,  or  the  last  of  their  Lives. 

*  But  the  day  being  now  lost,  and  all  hopes  of  Victory  extinguished 
in  Despair,  whilst  the  King  escapes,  the  Earl  oj  Cleveland,  Sir  James 
Hamilton,  Colonel   Carles,  with   somet   other  of  his  Majesties  most 
faithful  Subjects,  with  some  of  the  Horse,  begin  a  fresh  Engagement 
(by  charging  the  Enemies)  at  Sudhury  Gate,  and  with  much  gallantry 
oppose  the  Rehells  so  long,  untill  Fleetwood  passing  the  River,  and  at 
the  Western  part,  through  the  Subburbs  of  St.  Johns,  enters  the  City, 
and  Cromwell  having  forc'd  Sudhury  Gate,  puts  the  stout  Earl  to  a 
retreat,  and  makes  these  true  Loyallists  to  follow  him.     From  whence 
he  goeth  on  with  Banners  of  Victory  towards  the  Royal  Fort,  where 
Collonel  Drummond,  with  fifteen   hundred    Men,  were  appointed  to 
defend  it,  whom  when  he  had  refused  the  rendition,  being  but  once 
summoned,  and  Cromwell  storming,  and  entring  upon  every  quarter, 
puts  to  the  Sword,  with  all  his  Souldiers,  Deploranda  urbis  ex  eo  Fades  : 
Now  is  this  deplored  City  involved  in  a  Sea  of  unexpressible  Miseries, 
the  Victory  being  consummated,  the  Conquerours  on  the  one  hand 
begin  to  break  open  Houses,  snatch,  plunder,  and  swelling  with  fury, 
break  out  into  ireful!  threatnings  :    On  the  other  hand,  the  Conquered 

♦  I  had  rather  you  would  shoot  me,  than  keep  me  alive,  to  see  the  sad  consequences  of 
this  fatal  day,  saitA  this  most  excellent  Prince. 

t  Cap.  Tho.  Hornyold,  Cap.  Tho.  GifFord,  Cap.  Rich.  Kemble.     Here  Sir  James, 
and  Cap.  Remble,  are  desperately  wounded^  and  others  slain. 

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begin  to  flee,  turning  their  backs  unto  the  Wounders,  and  with  hearts 
as  humble  as  their  hands,  uncessantly  beg^-ing  for  quarter.  Some 
(though  in  vain)  still  contend,  and  dedicating  :hemselves  to  an  honour- 
able death,  resolve  to  dye  fighting.  The  Citizens  in  vain  beseech,  cry, 
deplore  ;  all  places  being  now  covered  with  dead  Carcasses,  or  maimed 
Bodies  (here  Calamity  tyrannizeth,  offering  such  sad  spectacles,  as  would 
make  the  most  icie  heart  resolve,  at  least,  to  pay  the  tribute  of  a  weep- 
ing, if  not  a  bleeding  eye)  here  was  to  be  seen  Souls  imboss*d  with 
wounds,  seeking  for  comfort,  and  having  no  ba  m,  but  their  own  blood  to 
wallow  in  ;  there  thou  mayest  see  others  so  embroidered  almost  cap-a-fe 
with  gashes,  as  earnestly  beseeching  (by  a  meiciful  kind  of  cruelty)  for 
a  termination  of  Life  and  Miseries  together.  And  to  compleat  this 
horrid  Tragedy,  their  dead  bodies  are  exposec  to  the  open  air,  and  lye 
unburied  some  three  or  four  dayes  more  ;  which  filthy  spectacle,  by 
reason  of  the  goary  blood  issuing  from  their  leaping  wounds,  increased 
the  horrour  of  that  wicked  Fact. 

Three  thousand  five  hundred  of  the  private  Souldiers  were  slain 
upon  the  place.  The  Duke  of  Hamilton  having  his  Legg  broken,  lived 
not  passing  four  or  five  dayes  after  the  Fight.  Forbuswzs  shot  through 
both  the  Leggs.  There  were  of  the  Tonmsmen  and  Scots  taken 
Prisoners  to  the  number  of  five  thousand,  amongst  whom  were  the 
Earls  of  Rothes,  Carneworth,  and  Kelle ;  :he  Lord  Sinclare,  and 
Montgomery,  being  the  chief  Commander  of  the  Artillery  ;  and  also 
Fanshaw  and  Grave,  both  English  Men,  and  Masters  of  the  Requests 
for  the  English  ;  with  divers  Officers  of  the  Scvtish  Orders,  and  all  their 
Bagg  and  Baggage,  with  a  hundred  fifty  and  £ve  Ensignes  or  Colours. 

His  sacred  Majesty  being  past  a  little  Deyond  Bartons  Bridge, 
(leaving  Lesley,  who  had  determin'd  to  lead  th(;  Scotish  Horse,  which  had 
hardly  strook  a  blow  in  the  Engagement,  directly  to  Newport  into 
Scotland)  being  attended  with  the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  the  Earls  of 
Derhy,^  Lauderdail,  with  the  Lord  Wilmot,  Lord  Talbot,  and  other  Nobles, 
and  with  about  fifty  Horse  turns  into  a  by-wiy,  partly  that  he  might 

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Roscarrock,  Mr. 
Darcy,Af  r.  Lane, 
Sir  William  Ar- 
morer, Mr.  May, 
Afr.Giffard,Afr. 
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refresh  himself  with  sleep,  and  partly  that  he  might  amuse  those  that 
so  hotly  pursued  him.     As  they  were  riding  together,  the  Earl  of  Derby 
inform'd  the  King,  that   there   was    a  certain   Country  Man,  nam'd 
Penderely  who  had  lately  provided  for  him  a   safe   retiring  place  in 
Boscobel-House,  when  himself  was  routed,  and  {[ed  from  Lilburn  ;  adding 
withall,  that  this  Penderel  was  a  Roman  Catholick ;  to  which  place  the 
King  resolves  in  the  first  place   to   repair.     This   House  was   about 
twenty  six  Miles  distant  from  Worcester,  in  the  County  of  Shropshire, 
near  the  borders  of  Staffordshire,  seated  between  Tongcastle  and  Brewood, 
in   a   woody  place,  very  opportune   for  secresie.      And  having  one 
Mr.  Giffard,  who  was  very  expert  in  the  way,  leaving  Kederminster  upon 
the  left  hand,  design  their  journey  through  Sturhridge,  and  so  towards 
fFhite-LadieSy  (formerly  a  Monastery  of  Cistertian  Nuns)  being  distant 
in  the  midst  of  the  Woods,  about  the  space  of  a  little   Mile  from 
Boscobel.     Where  coming,  and  knocking  at  the  Gates  about  Midnight, 
the  King,  with  his  Retinue,  are  led  in  by  another  of  the  Penderels, 
Whilst  his  sacred  Majesty  was  there,  he  cut  off  the  hair  of  his  head,  and 
(being  cast  into  the  fire)  he  besmeers  his  hands  with  the  soot  of  the 
Chimney,  and  then  clothes  himself  with  some  of  their  poor  Apparel.* 
And  now  PendereVs  two  other  Brothers  are  t  sent  for,  viz.  Richard,who 
lived  nigh,  in  a  little  Farm,  at  Hobbal-Grange  ;  and  William,  who  dwelt 
at  Boscobel;  who  being  informed  of  this  great  and  misfortunate  over- 
throw, 7 he  Earl  of  Derby  shewing  them  his  sacred  Majesty,  doth  pray 
and  most  earnestly  intreat  them,  by  their  Faith,  by  their  God,  and  all 
things  sacred,  that  they  endeavour  to  preserve  him  from  the  implacable  fury 
of  his  merciless  Enemies,  and  that  with  all  speed  they  seek  out  for  him  a 
place  of  safeguard,  to  shelter  atid  hide  in.     To  which  these  poor  Country 
Men  (yielding  ready  obedience)  promise  they  will   do  their  utmost. 
Whereupon  Richard  Penderel  conducteth  the  King,  through  a  back 

*  As  a  noggen  coarse  Shirt  of  Edward  Martin's,  and  with  Rich.  Penderel's  Green  Suit^ 
and  Leather  Doublet. 

+  Barth.  Martin,  a  Boy  of  the  House,  is  sent. 

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Door,  into  the  next  Wood,  called  the  Spring-Copice  ;  but  the  LordWilmot 
being  commanded  before  that  he  should  ride  for  London,  where  at  the 
Sign  of  the  Green-Dragon,  at  the  Vintry  in  Thames-street,  it  was  con- 
cluded that  the  King  should  meet  him,  Joh.i  Penderel  promising  that 
himself  would  shew  him  through  what  wayes  he  might  arrive  there 
most  securely. 

Afterwards,  when  these  truly  loyal,  and  honourable  Nobles,  had 
in  this  manner,  and  according  to  the  utmost  of  their  power,  provided 
for  the  safe-guard  of  his  sacred  Majesty,  they  now  consult  their  own, 
by  whom  it  is  adjudged  most  secure,  that  tJ  ey  follow,  and  endeavour 
to  overtake  Lesley,  who  by  reason  of  his  great  Party  of  Horse,  needed 
not  fear  the  encounters  of  a  few  stragling  Souldiers  ;  nor  was  it  prob- 
able that  any  great  Forces  of  the  Parricides  :is  yet  should  reach  so  far 
Northwards.  Thus  having  taken  their  leaves  of  the  King,  intending 
to  overtake  Lesley,  they  ride  not  far  before  they  met,  and  rescued 
the  Lord  Leviston  (who  was  Captain  of  the  Kings  Lifeguard)  from  the 
hostile  violence  of  his  now  pursuing  Enemies  ;  notwithstanding  the 
benefit  was  of  no  long  continuance  ;  for  a  little  after,  as  soon  as  they 
were  past  not  much  beyond  Newport,  thty  meet  with  a  Party  of 
Lilbum's,  and  being  tyr'd  with  long  travel,  :hey  are  presently  put  to 
flight,  where  the  Earl  of  Derby,  (whom*  afterwards  being  Condemned 
by  the  unjust  Sentence  of  a  wicked,  and  pr.Jtendedf  Court-Martial  of 
the  Parricides,  they  put  to  Death)  Lauderdail,  (who  for  signing  his 
Faith  with  the  Seal  of  Loyalty,  is  confinec.  to  a  noysomej  Prison, 
until  the  happy  Restauration  of  his  sacked  Majesty)  with  many 
others,  whom  here  to  mention  would  pr^ve  tedious,  were  taken 
Prisoners. 

In  the  mean  time,  the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  Lord  Leviston,  Lord 
Talbot,  with   many  others,  shifting  here  and  there,  meet  by  chance 

*  Held  OcioheT  i,  165 1. 

t  Notwithstanding  he  had  quarter  given  him  by  Cap.  Edge,  who  took  him  Prisoner. 


X  At  Windsor.  Castle. 


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with  various  refuges,  and  at  last  pass  beyond  the  Seas.  But  the 
Enemy  encompass  Lesley^  having  past  but  little  beyond  Newport^ 
where  they  take,  and  scatter  almost  all  his  Party,  viz,  the  Earl  of* 
Cleveland,  (who  flying,  after  the  Battel,  had  overtaken  Lesley)  and  also 
the  Earl  of  Kenmore,  with  the  Lord  Wentworth,  and  Middleton ;  but  the 
Country  People,  not  without  marks  of  cruelty  (which  the  English 
Nation  for  the  most  part  abhors)  did  barbarously  beat,  and  cruelly 
wound  them,  as  they  were  sculking  here  and  there,  with  Clubs, 
Pitch-forks,  Thresholds,  and  such  like  Instruments,  which  their  fury 
brought  forth  to  vex  and  torture  this  despicable  Crew ;  being  a 
most  incongruous,  nay,  inhumane  Retaliation,  for  their  Civility,  and 
good  carriage,  which  they  shewed  towards  them,  not  long  since  in 
their  marching  by.  Major  General  Massey  being  wounded  in  the 
hand,  and  flying,  doth  voluntarily  resign  himself  into  the  Protection 
of  the  Countess  of  Stanford,  under  whose  Husband  (who  was  the  Father 
of  Gray)  he  had  formerly  served  the  Parliament  in  Glocester;  from 
whence,  about  a  Fortnight  after,  he  is  carried  Prisoner  to  the  Tower 
of  London;  and  being  long  macerated  in  a  nasty  Gaol,  he  is  now 
shortly  to  plead  for  his  Life,  before  the  pretended  High  Court  of 
Justice  ;  but  in  the  interim,  changing  his  Clothes  with  a  certain  Porter, 
he  goes  forth,  and  escapes  safely. 

In  this  TO  vvv,  or  nick  of  time,  that  the  King  went  into  the  Wood, 
he  was  greedily  hunted  for,  as  the  thing  it  self  doth  witness  ;  for  it 
was  scarcely  past  half  an  hour,  before  Colonel  Ashenhursfs  Souldiers 
(who  quarter'd  at  Cotfal,  about  3.  Miles  distant)  are  come,  who  search 
the  Monastery,  and  running  speedily  through  all  the  Rooms,  and 
secret  places,  do  narrowly  search  the  most  hidden  Corners  ;  notwith- 
standing, the  Divine  Providence  doth  so  check  them,  that  they  seek 
not  at  all  without  Doors  ;  for  it  did  rain  so  hard  the  whole  day,  and 
the  Showers  falling  so  plentifully  from  the  Trees,  that  the  Grass  was 

•  Being  then  above  sixty  yean  of  age  y  yet  boldly  asserted  the  King'j  Cause. 

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exceeding  wet   with  the  Drops,   so  that   what   was   Loss   to  others, 
became  Gain  to  his  sacred  Majesty, 

But  during  the  time  the  King  remain'd  i  1  the  dark  Woods,  and 
thick  Bushments,  Richard  Penderel  having  taken  a  Hook  in  his  hand, 
as  if  he  intended  to  mend  the  Hedges,  brings  a  Blanket,  which  being 
folded  together,  the  King  sits  down  upon  it ;  and  this  Richard  also 
desires  Francis  Tate^s  Wife,  (who  lived  fast  by,  and  was  his  near 
Kinswoman)  that  if  she  had  any  Victuals  in  readness,  she  would  bring 
it  drest  into  the  Wood.  The  poor  Woman  with  all  speed  makes 
ready  a  Mess  of  Milk,  with  some  Sugar,  and  a  few  Eggs,  and  Butter. 
The  King,  at  the  first  approach  of  the  poor  Wcman,  is  much  troubled, 
by  reason  of  the  natural  proness  of  that  Sex  to  Pratling  ;  but  being 
come,  the  King  saith  to  her,  fFill  you  be  faithful  in  concealing  a  dis- 
tressed Cavalier  F  Tes  Sir  (answered  the  poor  Woman)  and  I  will  dye 
rather  than  I  will  betray  you.  With  which  worcs  the  King  being  much 
satisfied,  fed  heartily  on  those  things  which  were  brought  him. 

The  Evening  being  come,  Richard  Penderel  conducts  him  into  his 
little  Cottage  at  Habbal-Grange,  being  but  little  distant  from  the  place 
where  the  King  was,  and  there  he  is  provid(d  for  a  new  Journey, 
which  he  is  about  to  undertake  that  Night;  for,  amongst  other  things, 
the  King  enquires,  whether  this  Penderel  knew  any  Person  of  known 
Fidelity  to  the  King's  Interest,  that  lived  near  the  River  Severn,  who 
could  provide  some  private  place,  wherein  his  Majesty  might  shelter 
himself  so  long,  untill  Provision  could  be  mace  for  his  Passage  into 
IVales  because  in  that  Country  the  King  had  bo:h  many,  and  also  most 
faithful  Friends,  by  the  assistance  of  whom,  hz  might  either  goe  for 
London,  or  else  there  more  securely  be  concealed  amongst  the  craggy 
Mountains.  Being  therefore  informed  of  one  Mr.  fVoolf,  living  five 
Miles  from  thence,  and  about  one  Mile  from  the  River  Severn,  at  a  In  this  Journey  the 
Village  called  Madeley,  thither  about  Nine  of  tl:e  Clock  in  the  Night,  ^^g  names  himself 
his  sacred  Majesty,  being  attended  by  his  fiithful  Guide  Richard  Z^^''''^'" 
Penderel,  sets  forwards  ;  but  they  had  scarcely  travelled  a  Mile,  before    ''"^ '^^' 

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they  were  to  pass  by  a  *  Water-Mill^  and  there  to  pass  the  River 
by  a  Timber  Bridge,  where  opening  a  Gate  through  which  they  were 
to  goe,  Richard  chanc'd  to  let  it  clap,  whereat  the  Miller  instantly,  with 
threatening  words,  requires  them  to  stand,  demanding  of  them  whither 
they  went  so  late  in  the  Night ;  but  Richard  Penderel  being  affrighted 
at  the  inexpectedness  of  the  Thunderclap,  quits  the  Bridge,  and 
suddenly  runs  through  the  Water,  at  which  his  Royal  Companion 
followeth  after,  being  directed  not  so  much  by  the  benefit  of  his  own 
Eyes,  as  guided  by  the  rusling  of  PendereFs  Leathern  Breeches,  the 
best  Directory  his  Majesty  had  to  follow  him,  in  a  Night  attended  with 
so  much  darkness.  The  fat  Miller  presently  leaves  his  pursute,  and 
they  pass  the  residue  of  the  way  without  farther  danger. 

But  at  length  being  come  at  Madeley,  about  Midnight,  Richard 
Penderel  knocks  at  the  Door,  which  is  presently  opened  by  Mr.  Woolfs 
Daughter,  and  the  Guest  is  very  friendly  entertained  ;  and  making 
Mr.  Wool/privy  to  their  Design,  he  hides  the  King  in  a  Barn,  because 
in  the  day  time  the  House  was  seldom  or  never  free  from  Souldiers. 
And  having  sent  forth,  to  try  whether  there  was  any  Opportunity  of 
passing  the  River  SeverUy  he  is  informed,  that  not  only  the  Bridges 
were  secur'd,  and  guarded  by  Souldiers,  but  also  the  Passages,  and 
Passage-Boats,  were  narrowly  watched  ;  wherefore  his  Passage  over 
the  River  could  not  be  attempted  without  much  difficulty,  and  more 
danger.  The  Day  being  spent,  his  Majesty  returns  from  the  Barn  into 
the  House,  where,  by  the  industry  of  Mrs.  Woolfy  his  Hands  and  Face 
are  accurately  dyed  with  a  Decoction  of  Walnut-Leaves  ;  but  taking 
his  leave  there,  about  ii.  of  the  Clock  in  the  Night,  he  returns  afoot 
to  Boscobely  by  the  same  way  he  went  thither  ;  resolving  to  wait  there 
some  more  commodious  Opportunity,  before  he  would  attempt  a 
farther  Journey. 

Called  by  some  Evelin-Mill.  This  Miller  was  an  honest  man^  though  the  King  knetv 
it  not,  and  had  then  some  considerable  Persons  of  his  Majesties  Jrmy  in  his  House,  who  took  shelter 
there  after  tht  Fight,  which  occasioned  him  to  be  upon  his  watchy  in  order  to  their  saftty. 


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And  being  returned  the  Saturdajy*  about  three  of  the  Clock  in  the 
Morning,  the  King  remains  in  the  Wood,  whilst  Richard  goes  into 
Boscobel-House,  to  see  if  there  were  any  Souldiers,  where  he  finds  only 
Colonel  Car  lis  (whom  we  formerly  mentionec,  with  others,  to  have 
stoutly  opposed  the  Cromwellians  at  Sudbury-Gate)  who  was  born  at 
Bromhally  in  Stafford-shire,  two  Miles  from  Boscobel,  and  newly  come 
to  this  his  familiar  acquaintance,  that  so  he  might  privately  refresh  him- 
self with  Food.  But  hearing  who  lay  hid  in  the  Woods,  Colonel 
Car  lis,  with  two  of  the  f  Pender  els,  goe  presently  to  attend  the  King; 
and  after  joyful  Congratulations  upon  both  si  les,  they  walk  together 
into  the  House.  But  the  Gravel  which  got  i  ito  his  Majesties  Shooes 
(when  he  waded  through  the  River)  by  rubbing  and  grating  up  and 
down,  drew  a  little  blood  from  his  Feet,  being  much  galled  and  sur- 
bated  ;  for  the  Curing  of  which,  the  poor  Wo  nan,  William  PenderePs 
Wife,  provides  a  Bath  to  wash  them  ;  and  tl:en,  both  the  King  and 
the  Colonel,  being  refreshed  with  ifpoor  County  Food,  they  presently 
return  into  the  Wood,  where  ascending  the  tcp  of  a  thick  Oak,  they 
continue  there  the  whole  day  ;  where  his  sacrea  Majesty,  by  reason  of 
long  watching,  is  surprised  by  sleep,  and  restetli  in  the  Arms  and  Lapp 
of  this  Loyal  Colonel.  But  whilst  his  Majest)  was  thus  sleeping,  he 
chanc'd  so  to  rest  his  Head  upon  one  of  the  Armes  of  the  Colonel,  that 
by  compressing  the  nervous  parts  of  it,  it  caused  such  a  stupor  or 
numness  in  the  part,  that  he  had  scarcely  strength  left  in  it,  any  longer 
to  support  his  Majesty  from  falling  off  the  "irree,  neither  durst  he, 
by  reason  of  the  nearness  of  the  Enemy  (now  hunting  so  greedily  after 
him)  speak  so  hard,  as  to  awake  him  ;  neverth(;less,  to  avoid  both  the 
danger  of  the  fall  and  surprize  together,  he  w£  s  (though  unwillingly) 
constrained  to  practice  so  much  incivility,  (as  1  was  credibly  inform'd, 
by  a  worthy  Person,  who  received  this  relation  from  the  Colonel's  own 

*  Sep:  6 

t  Viz.  as  some  say,  William,  and  Richard,  and  the  King,  fitting  upon  the  Root  of  an  Oak. 

X   Bread  and  Cheese^  with  a  Posset  of  thin  (Milky  and  small  Beer. 

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mouth)  as  to  pinch  his  Majesty^  to  the  end  he  might  awake  him,  and 
prevent  this  present  danger.  But  in  the  Evening  they  come  down, 
and  return  very  hungry  to  the  House  ;  where  his  Majesty  being  shown 
a  most  inscrutable  place  (being  a  hiding  place  *  or  shelter  for  a  Priest) 
his  Majesty  likes  it  so  well,  that  he  is  unwilling  any  more,  whilst  he 
tarried  there,  to  commit  himself  abroad  in  the  open  air,  but  resolves  to 
trust  to  the  security  of  this  place. 

Humphrey^  another  of  the  five  Brothers  of  the  Penderels^  who  kept 
a  Mill  but  little  from  thence,  went  the  same  Saturday  to  Sheffnaly  to  pay 
in  some  Taxes  :  where  in  the  House  of  one  Captain  Broadway^  the  head- 
Collector  of  the  Moneys,  he  accidentally  meets  a  Colonel  of  the  Rebels, 
coming  newly  from  Worcester^  who  earnestly  enquires,  and  greedily 
hunts  after  the  King;  and  hearing  that  this  country-man  lived  nigh 
the  Monastery  of  W  kite- La  dies ,  examined  him,  whether  he  knew  any 
thing  of  the  King^  or  concerning  the  Monastery  ;  and  adds  farther, 
That  if  any  Person  would  discover  him^  he  should  he  rewarded  with  a  thou- 
sand pounds  sterling:  but  on  the  other  hand,,  if  any  shall  be  found  to  hide  or 
conceal  him,  be  must  expect  death  without  m^^rcy.  Notwithstanding  honest 
Humphrey  (being  armed  with  Loyalty)  conceals  the  Arcanum  ;  and  that 
he  might  at  once  preserve  the  King,  and  a  good  Conscience,  he  scorns 
the  Temptation,  as  great  as  it  was,  and  stoutly  denies,  that  he  knew 
any  thing  of  what  was  demanded.  And  returning  in  the  Evening, 
declares  the  whole  matter  to  the  King  ;  who  spent  the  greatest  part  of 
the  Lord's  Day  following,  in  an  Arbour  adjoyning  to  the  House,  in 
reading  the  holy  Scriptures, 

In  the  mean  time  John  Pender  el,  when  he  was  to  direct  the  Lord 
Wilmot  in  the  high  way  to  London,  and  finding  it  so  obstructed  (the 
Souldiers  being  dispersed  into  all  places)  thought  it  most  convenient, 
to  hide  him,  with  his  Horse,  in  a  dry  Marie-pit,  untill  he  could  learn 
out  for  him  a  more  secure  retiring  place  ;  which  at  length  he  obtains 
(the  Heavens  so  favouring  him)  by  committing  him  to  the  Protection 

♦  Here  the  Earl  o/"  Derby  was  secured,  when  he  fled  from  Lilburn. 

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of  Mr.  Whitgrea've,2LTi^  Mr.  Huddle ston  ;  which  Mr.  Huddleston  hzd  tht 
tutoring  of  three  young  Gentlemen,  viz.  Sir  Jo/m  Preston,  Mr.  Thomas 
Palyn,  and  Mr.  Francis  Reynolds,  in  the  knowledge  of  good  Learning, 
in  the  House  of  Mr.  Whitgreave.  The  Horse  bsing  sent  away  by  night 
to  Colonel  Lane,  a  familiar  Friend  of  his,  who  formerly  had  served 
under  the  King,  they  both  with  much  friendsliip,  and  great  civility, 
entertained  the  Lord  Wilmot  at  ^oseley ;  of  which  the  King  being 
certainly  informed,  by  the  return  oi  John  Pender  d,  sends  presently  after 
his  Lordship,  of  whom  he  had  so  lately  intelligence  ;  who,  before  the 
Messenger  came,  had  changed  his  quarters,  and  was  gone  to  lodge  at 
Bentley,  with  Colonel  Lane ;  where  at  length  being  spoken  withall,  and 
understanding  the  King's  pleasure,  willingly  promiseth,  in  the  dead  of  the 
Night  following,  to  return  back  to  Mosely,  being  distant  five  Miles  from 
Boscobel,  in  order  to  the  mee[t]ing  of  his  Majesy.  John  Penderel  being 
returned  to  Boscobel,  the  King  resolves  to  goe  tbither,  to  see  the  Lord 
Wilmot;  but  that  unhappy  graveling  of  his  Majesties  Feet  (which  we 
mentioned  formerly)  rendred  him  incapable  to  undergoe  the  Journey 
on  Foot ;  therefore  mounting  Humphrey  Fender eVs  *  Mill-Horse, 
furnished  with  a  very  poor  Saddle,  and  takirg  his  leave  of  Colonel 
Carlis,  rides  towards  Moseley,  having  the  four  Penderels,  and  Francis  t 
TeatSy  as  the  Yeomen  of  his  Guard.  When  they  were  together,  the 
King  dismisseth  these  Loyal  Country  Men,  with  many  Promises  of 
Reward  for  their  Fidelity,  which  have  be<n  since  very  largely 
performed. 

From  hence  the  King  is  conducted  by  Mr.  Whitgreave^  and 
Mr.  Huddleston,  to  the  Lord  Wilmot,  and  afte*  long  discourses  con- 
cerning their  afiuirs,  and  that  they  had  satisfied  themselves  with  meat, 

♦  The  King  complains.  It  was  the  dullest  Jade  he  ever  rode  on  ;  Humphrey  answered^ 
My  Liege !  Can  you  blame  the  Horse  to  goe  heavily,  when  h.^  hath  the  weight  of  3.  King- 
doms on  his  back. 

t  fVhom  since  it  hath  pleased  the  King,  3>  his  Letters  Patents,  under  the  great  Seal  of  England, 
to  give  the  Name  0/ William  Carlos,  which  in  Spanish  signifieth  Charles ;  with  the  Royal  Oai, 
charged  with  3  Regal  Crowns,  for  his  Coat  of  Arms. 

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the  King  is  hid  in  a  secret  Room,  in  order  to  take  some  rest.  The 
next  day  Mr.  Whitgreave  is  sensible  that  there  were  Souldiers  about  to 
come,  to  apprehend  him,  as  one  who  had  born  Armes  *  formerly  under 
the  Kin^s  Command  ;  and  some  come,  whom,  being  innocent,  he  is  not 
willing  to  decline  ;  but  his  Majesty  being  slipt  into  this  secret  place, 
immediately  all  the  Doors  are  opened,  and  he  confidently  invites  them 
in,  and  by  the  testimony  of  his  Neighbours,  and  other  Arguments,  doth 
so  clearly  evince  the  contrary,  that  they  did  not  trouble  him  any 
farther,  no  not  so  much  as  to  goe  up  the  Stairs. 

Again,  the  same  day  the  Souldiers  search  the  Monastery,  being 
informed  by  a  Comet  that  was  taken  Prisoner,!  that  the  King  for  certain 
did  hide  himself  there  ;  For  as  an  eye-witness,  he  had  observed  the  King, 
with  some  Nobles,  to  have  rid  thither :  but  of  them  that  went  off  from 
thence,  he  saw  no  man  to  go  off  like  the  King.  Therefore  they  hastily 
rush  into  all  corners,  and  private  places  of  the  House,  and  breaking  up 
the  Planchings,  and  tearing  down  the  Wainscoat,  and  Ceelings,  do 
search  the  very  corners  of  the  most  hidden  places  :  but  all  proving  to 
no  purpose.  Then,  with  a  Pistol  presented  to  his  Breast,  they  take  the 
Mr.  {George  Giffard,  who  lived  in  an  Appartment  of  the  House)  into 
examination,  and  threaten  him,  unless  he  will  presently  shew  them  the 
King,  they  will  immediately  Pistol  him  :  But  Loyalty  had  sublim'd 
him  so  much  above  Fear,  that  he  resolutely  denies  that  he  knew  the 
King  at  all  ;  nevertheless,  he  saith  not,  but  that  many  came  that  Night 
unto  him,  who,  when  they  had  eaten  up  his  Meat,  and  drank  up  his 
Drink,  departed  again.  Then  turning  themselves  towards  the  Cornet, 
they  did  miserably  cut  and  hew  him,  as  a  most  notorious  Liar. 

The  Night  following  his  sacred  Majesty  takes  his  leave  of  Mr. 
Whitgreave,  and  his  Wife,  and  also  of  Mr.  Huddleston,  where  first  of 
all  he  gives  them  an  Order  (or  Bill  of  Exchange)  to  receive  Moneys 

*  Or  notv  at  Worcester  Fight,  as  some  affirm. 

t  In  Cheshire,  who  came  in  the  Troop  toith  his  Majesty  to  White-Ladies,  where  the 
Rebels  hast  with  such  speed,  that  they  do  not  draw  bit  almost  to  the  killing  of  their  Horses. 

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from  a  Merchant  of  London,  (if  afterwards  it  s  lould  so  chance  to 
happen,  that  this  good  work,  or  high  piece  of  Loyalty  of  theirs,  in 
concealing  the  King,  should  be  discovered  to  the  Parricides)  that  so 
they  might  consult  their  safety,  by  transporting  themselves  beyond  the 
Seas  ;  then  commits  himself,  with  the  Lord  Wilm  n,  to  be  directed  to 
Bentley,  to  the  Protection  of  Colonel  Lane,  Wliere  his  Sister,  viz. 
Mrs.  Jane,  is  about  to  undertake  the  conducting  c  f  him  to  a  place  near 
the  City  of  Bristol,  where  there  was  hope  of  a  Passage  ;  and  in  order 
to  this  Design,  this  Plot  or  Scene  is  laid.  She  obrains  a  Let-pass  from 
a  certain  Colonel  of  the  Rebels,  that  she  her  self,  with  one  Servant, 
together  with  a  Gentleman,  and  his  Wife,  with  two  Horses,  might 
ride,  without  the  molestation  of  any,  to  Mr.  *  Norton's  House,  nigh 
Bristol ;  whose  Wife  being  great  with  Child,  drew  nigh  her  time,  where 
her  Sister  Jane  ought  to  be  ready  in  the  time  of  her  extremity  ; 
neither  could  she  have  a  better  Companion  to  travel  with  her,  than  was 
her  Kinswoman,  with  her  Husband.  This  Projec:  agreeing  well  in  all 
things,  the  King  makes  no  delay,  but  mounts  a  horseback,  and  openly, 
like  a  Serving-man,  rides  before  Mrs.  Jane,  and  she  as  his  Mistress 
behind  him.  Mr.  Lassels  (which  was  the  name  ol'  her  Kinsman)  with 
his  Wife,  following  after  him.  The  Lord  Wilmot  riding  foremost,  and 
carrying  a  Hauk  upon  his  fist,  as  if  he  had  never  ssen  them  before,  but 
accidentally  meeting  them  upon  the  high-way  ;  and  determines,  when 
he  was  come  nigh  Bristol,  to  leave  that  way,  and  bend  towards  the 
House  of  his  Friend  Sir  John  Winter,  there  resolving  to  wait  some 
better  Opportunity,  in  order  to  his  aflfairs.  So  all  being  ready,  they 
put  forwards,  in  hope  of  a  prosperous  Journey. 

The  first  thing  memorable  happened  at  Broomsgrove :  For  the 
Horse  casting  a  Shooe,  it  was  the  King's  part  (being  now  in  form  of  a 
Servant)  to  lead  him  to  the  Smith's,  to  have  anotier  put  on.  Where 
the  King  enquireth  of  the  Smith,  What  news  he  heard?  Nothing, 
reply'd  the  Smith,  besides  the  Victory  obtained  by  Cromwell  upon  the 

*  Since  Knighted. 
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Scots  ;  where ^  although  all  the  others  are  well-nigh  taken  and  kilVd,  yet 
notwithstanding  the  King  is  escaped.     The  King  replies,  Possibly  he  is 
secretly  got  into  Scotland,  through  some  by-ways.     To  whom  the  Smith 
reply'd,  7hat  this  was  not  at  all  probable:  but  it  was  rather  likely^  that 
he  had  happened  upon  some  lurking-Hole  in  England  :   Adding  withall, 
//  /  could  catch  him,  I  should  not  be  a  little  glad,  because  then  the  Parlia- 
ment would  pay  me  down  a  thousand  pounds  for  my  labour.     After  such 
like  expressions  had  past  between  them,  the  King  departeth  from  him, 
to  attend  his  Mistress  in  the  Journey.    And  coming  almost  to  Evesham, 
they  resolved  to  pass  over  the  Ford,  at  the  River  Avon,  being  distant 
about  a  Mile  below  the  Town  :  but  being  almost  come  to  it,  they 
espye  on  the  other  side  of  the  River,  Troopers  Horses  grazing  in  the 
Meadow,  with  their  Riders  lying  by  upon  the  ground.     The  King 
wills  them  to  goe  forwards,  and  dissemble  their  fear  ;  but  Mr.  Lassels 
(to  whom  the  injury  lately  done  him  by  the  Souldiers,  was  as  it  were 
fresh  before  his  eyes)  thought  it  safer  to  bend  towards  the  neighbour 
Town  :    to  whose  fear  the  King  consenteth.      When  they  had  rid 
through  the  Street,  behold  the   same  Troop  of  Horse  which   they 
endeavour'd  to  avoid,  they  meet  now  coming  against  them,  who  not- 
withstanding offer  them  not  the  least  molestation,  but  being  saluted 
by  them,  only  salute  them  again.     Being  come  a  little  after  night  to 
Circester  (called  by  the  Antients  the  Castle  of  Corinius)  at  the  Sign  of 
the  Crown,  where  feigning  himself  weary  with  travel,  he  goes  into  a 
poor  Bed  to  refresh  himself.     The  next  Evening  they  reach  Marsfield, 
where  they  lodge  that  night  with  a  Kinsman  of  Mrs.  Janes.     The 
third  day  when  they  had  left  Bristol  three  miles  on  the  left  hand,  they 
come  to  Mr.  Norton's  House  ;    where  the  King  labouring  as  it  were 
under  a  tertian  Ague,  Mrs.  Jane  (saying,  l^hat  he  was  a  Son  of  one  of 
her  Fathers  Tenants)  procures  for  him  a  private  Chamber,  with  a  Bed 
to  rest  in,  and  also  Medicines  to  be  compounded  by  Doctor  Gorge, 
in  opposition  to  the  Ague. 

Coming  abroad  in  the  Morning,  Dr.  Gorge  enquires  of  him.  What 

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he  heard  concerning  the  King,  and  touching  the  Fight :  But  answering 
not  appositely  to  the  question,  /  fear  (saith  the  Doctor)  that  you  have 
assisted  the  Roundheads,  Vie  try  whether  thou  art  of  that  Faction  :  And 
presently  leading  him  into  the  Celler,  drinks  tc  him  A  Health  to  the 
King,  in  a  Glass  of  Wine  :  To  whom  the  K-ing  drinking  the  like, 
proves  clearly,  that  himself  had  never  been  a  Pe  rson  so  mean,  as  to  be 
of  that  base  Rabble.  The  second  day,  as  the  Kiig  was  eating  of  Bread 
and  Cheese  in  the  Celler,  he  entertains  discourse  with  a  certain 
bragging  Fellow,  that  was  present,  who  affirmed,  that  himself  had 
been  in  the  late  Battel  at  Worcester  ;  and  boasting,  did  babble  much 
concerning  the  actions  there  ;  of  whom  his  Majesty  asketh,  Whether  he 
saw  the  KingP  Tea,  twenty  times  (saith  he)  His  Majesty  asketh. 
What  manner  of  man  the  King  was  P  Then  looki  ng  earnestly  upon  the 
King  (saith)  He  is  taller  than  thou  by  four  fingcs.  Afterwards,  when 
the  Mistress  of  the  House  accidentally  passing  through  the  Hall,  and 
the  King  was  uncovered  at  her  presence,  the  Butler  very  intently 
beholding  his  face,  and  diligently  observing  his  countenance,  suspects 
him  to  be  the  King;  and  having  taken  a  corvenient  Opportunity, 
with  great  reverence  and  honour,  falling  upon  h:s  knees,  most  humbly 
desires,  that  he  would  let  him  know,  whether  he  were  the  King  or  no  ? 
The  King  having  enjoyn'd  him  silence,  confesteth  himself  to  be  so. 
This  man's  name  was  John  Pope,  one  who  about  some  five  years  before 
(when  he  was  Prince  of  Wales)  had  served  the  King  his  Royal  Father, 
in  his  Wars  in  the  Western  parts  ;  but  afterwarc  s  being  disbanded,  he 
offers  his  service  to  divers  Families,  untill  at  lenjjth  he  was  entertain'd 
by  this  Mr.  Norton,  for  his  Butler.  After  this  knowledge  of  the  King, 
he  did  his  sacred  Majesty  many  good  Offices,  and  that  with  great 
fidelity.  For  first  of  all  he  is  sent  to  Bristol^  tc  enquire  out  a  Vessel, 
but  he  could  find  none  there  bound  for  Spaia  or  France  within  a 
Month.  When  he  had  told  the  King  concerning  many  who  had  served 
in  the  Wars,  under  his  Royal  Father,  the  Kin^  makes  choice  of  one 
Mr.  Windham,  of  whose  Loyalty  he  resolves  to  make  the  first  tryal,  in 
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The  Royal  Miracle 


these  his  streights,  and  great  extremity.     This  Gentleman  lived  in  a 
Village  called  Trent  in  Dorsetshire^  where  the  Inhabitants  antiently  bore 

the  name  of  Durotrigce, 

But  now  the  Lord  Wilmot  coming  according  to  promise  to  Mr. 
Norton" s  House,  John  Pop  brings  him  in  the  night  to  speak  with  the 
King,  and  by  joynt  advice  is  presently  dispatched  to  Trent,  to  enquire, 
whether  Mr.  Windham  was  willing  to  entertain  the  King  for  his  Guest, 
and  was  also  able  to  conceal  him  there,  untill  he  should  meet  with  some 
convenient  Opportunity  of  transporting  himself  beyond  the  Seas.    This 
Loyal   Gentleman,    Colonel    Windham,    readily   answereth.   That   he 
esteemed  it  the  greatest  felicity  that  could  betide  him,  that  amongst  so 
many  eminent,  and  most  faithful  Subjects,  he  is  pleased,  in  so  special  a 
manner,  to  dignifie  him  with  this  great  honour  ;  therefore  he  is  resolved, 
not  only  to  expose  his  Life,  Family,  and  all  his  Fortunes,  to  the  greatest 
hazards,  but  also  to  trample  them  under  his  feet,  for  the  sake  of  his 
most  Gracious  Soveraign.    Afterwards  he  craveth  the  liberty  of  com- 
municating the  secret,  not  only  to  his  Mother,  and  Wife,  but  also  to 
four  Servants,  of  whom  he  had  as  great  confidence  for  their  fidelity  and 
loyalty  towards  the  King,  as  he  had  of  himself.     The  Lord  Wilmot  con- 
senteth,  and  having  promised  the  Kings  presence  there,  three  dayes 
after,  about  ten  of  the  Clock,  he  returneth. 

But  Mr.  Norton's  Wife  the  night  before  was  brought  to  bed,  and 
in  her  travel  escapes  not  without  the  greatest  danger,  so  that  she 
cannot  possibly  be  left  by  her  Sister  (for  so  they  called  Mrs.  Jane)  in 
these  her  extremities.  Therefore,  that  they  might  make  a  handsome 
excuse  for  their  sudden  departure,  they  feigned  Letters,  lately  dated, 
and  to  be  sent  from  Mrs.  Janes  Father,  a  Gentleman  now  well  stricken 
in  years  ;  in  which  Letters  he  complains,  That  since  Mrs.  Janes  coming 
away,  he  hath  been  extremely  sick,  and  doth  at  present  very  much  want  her 
company  ;  and  therefore  commands,  that  without  any  delay  or  excuse  what- 
ever, if  she  esteem  the  life  of  a  Parent,  she  hasten  home  with  all  the  speed 
that  may  he.     The  Letters  being  brought,  and  the  news  dispersed 

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Miraculum-Basiltcon 

throughout  the  Family,  Mrs.  Jane,  and  Mr.La^sels  (leaving  Mrs.  iVof- 
ton  in  child-bed)  with  the  Serving-man,  whom  ]iis  sacred  Majesty  now 
represents,  take  their  leaves  of  this  Family.  Henry  Rogers,  who  had 
brought  the  Lord  Wilmot  from  Sir  John  Winter's  House,  to  Mr.  Nor- 
tons,  becomes  the  Conductor  in  this  Journey  and  from  hence  they 
determine  to  take  up  their  first  quarters  a:  Castle-Carew,  being 
distant  about  seven  Miles  on  this  side  Trent.  As  the  time  drew 
nigh,  that  the  King  was  to  come  there,  Mr.  Windham,  with  his  Wife* 
went  forth  to  meet  him,  as  if  they  intended  :o  goe  a  walking,  and 
privately  conveigh  in  the  King,  by  one  desigied  for  that  purpose: 
Mrs.  Jane,  in  the  interim,  with  Mr.  Lassels,  goe  in  openly,  as  it 
they  had  been  some  Kindred  of  Mr.  Windham's,  coming  a  great 
Journey,  and  had  determined  to  be  gone  irom  thence  the  next 
Morning. 

In  this  place  his  sacred  Majesty  remained  securely  for  nineteen 
dayes,  looking  out  for  a  convenient  Passage,  to  svhich  end  many  wayes 
were  attempted,  though  to  no  purpose.      But   it  happened   upon   a 
certain  day,  that  the  Bells  being  rung  very  merrily,  contrary  to  the 
common  custom,  by  the  Country  Fellows,  and  tie  King  enquiring  the 
reason  of  this  unusual  Recreation,  was  told,  it  was  for  joy  the  King 
was  dead,  which  was  then  the  news  current  about  the  Country.    Whilst 
it  was  long  and  often  consulted  concerning  his  Majesties  transportation, 
a  certain  Merchant  (whose  name  was  Elsden)  cams  into  the  mind  of  Mr. 
Windham,  formerly  a  Captain  under  his  Royal  Father,  who  since  that 
time  had  used  the  gainful  Trade  of  a  Merchant,  in  the  Town  of  Lime, 
in  whose  power  it  was  perad venture  to  provice  a  Ship,  because  he 
remembred  that  this  Merchant  procured  a  Trans]Dortation  for  the  Lord 
Barkley,  when  he  was  in  great  distress.     Therefore  Mr.  Windham  is 
sent  unto  him,  to  enquire,  whether  he  was  able  safely  to  transport  the 
Lord  Wilmot,  and  another  Nohle-man,  who  had   ately  escap'd  at  Wor- 
cester Fight.      He  willingly  consents   unto  it,  and  goes  presently  to 
Charmouth,  a  place  bordering  nigh  Lime;  where  applying  himself  to  a 

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The  Royal  Miracle 


Master  of  a  Vessel,*  but  first  of  all  conjuring  him  to  secresie,  asketh 
him,  whether  he  were  willing  to  perform  a  faithful  piece  of  service  to 
Lord  Wilmot,  by  transporting  him,  and  his  Servant,  into  Trance.  The 
man  assents  unto  it,  and  conditions  with  the  Capain  for  threescore 
pounds,  to  be  paid  him,  by  a  Bill  under  his  hand,  after  the  Noble-man 
is  arrived  in  France:  The  day  and  hour  are  appointed,  when  these 
ought  to  come  aboard,  in  order  to  their  Passage. 

Hitherto  all  things  quadrate  well  with  their  expectation,  only  they 
want  a  pretence  for  their  tarrying  in  the  Inn,  untill  every  thing  shaU 
be  in  readiness  for  their  Transportation ;  to  this  end  Henry  Peters 
(a  Servant  of  Mr.  Windham  s,  and  one  that  was  privy  to  the  business) 
goeth  to  one  Margaret  Wade  A  the  Hostess  at  the  Sign  of  the  Queens- 
Armes  at  Charmouth,  and  amongst  many  other  discourses,  he  declares 
himself  to  be  a  Servant  to  a  Noble  Gentleman,  who  did  most  entirely 
affect  a  young  Lady,  whose  Parents  were  dead,  and  that  she  lived  not 
far  from  thence  ;  and  also,  that  this  Gentlewoman  did  as  dearly  love 
him  again ;  but  her  Guardian  was  altog:ether  an  Enemy  to  the  Match ; 
wherefore  he  determines  to  steal  her  away  privately  in  the  night,  and 
so  to  marry  her.     Therefore  he  demands,  whether  for  a  few  hours  she 
would  entertain  them  ;  and  withall,  presents  her  with  a  small  Gift,  in 
token  of  a  more  plentiful  Reward,  and  so  drinks  a  Glass  of  Wine 
unto  her.     The  Woman  being  tempted  with  the  Present,  and  also 
touched    with    commiseration    towards    the    young    Lady,    willingly 
promiseth  her  assistance  in  order  to  the  work.     Therefore  the  King 
leaving  Trent,  rides  towards  \Charmouihy  carrying  Mrs.  Julian  Conesby 
(who  was  also  privy  to  the  Design)  upon  the  same  Horse  behind  him, 
that  she  might  represent  the  person  of  the  Bride :  The  Lord  Wilmot, 

*  Stephen  Limbry  of  Charmouth.     He  died  there  in  1676  and  was  buried  on  July  14 
in  that  year. 

t  Margaret  Wade  died  in  1685,  the  year  of  Monmouth's  RebeUion.     She  was  buried 

at  Charmouth  on  March  23rd. 

X  Tity  come  there  upn  Sf.  Matthew/  day,  about  $.  or  6.  in  tie  Evening. 

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Miraculum-Basilicon 

Colonel  Windham^  and  Henry  Peters  accompanying  them,  they  meet 
with  Mr.  Elsden,  and  are  brought  into  a  privatj  House. 

Here  his  sacred  Majesty  makes  himself  known  to  Mr,  Elsden, 
giving  him  a  small  Present,  as  a  pledge  of  his  future  gratitude.  From 
hence  the  Merchant  rides  to  Lime,  that  he  mi^;ht  acquaint  the  Master 
of  the  Vessel,  to  have  all  things  in  readiness,  in  order  to  the  Voyage, 
at  the  time  appointed  :  The  King,  with  the  rest,  remain  at  the  Inn  in 
Charmouth  ;  but  Henry  Peters  is  to  wait  the  c  3ming  of  the  Boat ;  he 
returns,  having  tarried  untill  break  of  day,  s  nd  informs  them,  that 
there  is  no  Boat  come  ;  upon  which  news  they  are  all  troubled,  and 
enter  into  a  new  consultation  :  Here  is  found  10  place  for  his  Majesty 
to  remain  in,  that  is  free  from  danger,  and  the  King  resolves  not  to 
tarry  one  minute. 

A  short  consultation  being  had,  the  King,  with  Mrs.  Julian 
Cone  shy,  attended  with  Colonel  Windham,  rides  towards  Bridport,  and 
tarry  there,  at  the  Sign  of  the  George,  being  the  Inn  appointed  for  the 
coming  of  the  Lord  Wilmot,  with  Henry  Peter  9,  the  one  being  to  ride 
to  Lime,  to  enquire  of  the  Merchant  the  reason  of  this  prevarication; 
the  other  being  to  remain  in  the  Inn,  under  pretence  of  new  shooing 
his  Horse.  But  Mr.  Elsden,  who  thought  they  had  been  half  their 
Voyage,  doth  exceedingly  admire  this  breach  cf  promise  ;  neither  was 
he  able  to  conjecture,  what  the  cause  of  it  should  be  ;  unless,  it  being 
the  time  of  the  Fair  (for  it  was  kept  that  da^  at  Lime)  whilst  he  is 
taking  his  leave  of  his  Friends,  he  drinks  hird,  and  so  forgets  his 
promise.  But  afterwards  it  appears,  that  the  Ship-Master  returning 
home  to  his  House,  that  so  he  might  furnish  himself  with  Linnen> 
and  other  Necessaries,  for  the  Voyage,  his  Wif ;  keeps  him,  by  locking 
the  Doors  upon  him.  For  upon  the  Fair  day,  there  was  Proclamation 
made  in  the  Town,  by  which  it  was  declared.  That  no  man  living,  on 
fain  of  death,  was  to  assist  the  King,  or  to  concial  him  ;  and  a  thousand 
pounds  is  to  be  given  to  any  man  that  shall  discvver  him.  By  reason  of 
which,  this  poor  Woman  is  so  affrighted,  that  she  fears  her  Husband, 

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yr  '*li>iiiiA<i^ 


The  Royal  Miracle 


for  this  good  Office  (for  he  had  confess'd  to  his  Wife,  that  he  had 
undertaken  to  do  it)  would  be  taken,  and  hang'd.  Therefore  with 
prayers,  tears,  and  almost  offering  violence  to  him,  she  endeavours 
against  it ;  at  length  she  thunders  with  such  Out-cries,  as  she  was  like 
to  gather  all  her  Neighbours  about  their  ears,  therefore  being  over- 
come by  her  importunity,  he  remain  d  at  home,  and  commits  himself 
to  be  governed  by  the  will  of  his  Wife. 

The  King  travelling  towards  Bridport,  Colonel  Windham  rides  at 
a  little  distance  before  him,  that  he  might  try  the  way  ;  but  coming 
nigh  the  Town,  he  perceives  it  full  of  Souldiers  ;  For  a  Muster  was 
appointed  upon  that  day,  and   Souldiers  were  to  be  drawn   out  by 
Captain  Hayns,  for  the  taking  Jarsey.     Wherefore   Mr.   Windham 
adviseth  the  King  some  other  way  ;  but  his  Majesty  rides  boldly  into 
the  Town,  lest  he  should  seem  to   deceive  the  Lord  Wilmot,  and 
partly  also  that  he  might  refresh  himself,  being  tyr'd  with  travel  and 
watching,  and  together  that  he  might  expect  the  return  of  the  Lord 
Wilmot  thither.     Colonel  Windham  prepares  a  Chamber,  and  Victualls 
for  them,  which  was  not  a  little  difficult  to  be  had,  where  there  were 
so   many  Guests  in  the  Inn.     In  the  mean  time  the  King  leads  the 
Horses  into  the  Stable,  and  is  very  careful  about  them,  and  also  talks 
with  the  Souldiers  in  the  Court  concerning  the  Voyage.     But  Horton 
the  Hostler  beholding  his  countenance,  as  he  deliver'd  the  Horses, 
cryes  out  aloud,  Ho  Friend  !  I  am  glad  to  see  thee  here,  I  know  you 
well     How  so  ?  (said  the  King)     At  Exeter,  saith  he  :  (at  which  place 
the  King  remained  for  some  time  in  the  heat  of  the  Wars)  /  lived 
there  Eleven  years  in  an  Inn.     And  I  likewise  (said  the  King)  did  serve 
Mr.  Porter  :  /  am  glad  that  I  have  met  with  my  old  acquaintance  ;  hut 
I  see  now  thou  art  full  of  business,  that  thou  canst  not  possibly  drink  with 
me;  but  when  I  shall  chance  to  return  from  London,  we  will  talk  more 
freely  concerning  our  old  affairs.     Being  taken  with  these  promises,  but 
especially  being  confounded  with  the  multitude  of  his  business,  or  else 
God  casting  a  cloud  before  his  eyes,  he  forbears  any  farther  discourse. 

134 


■uuH.ujrj 


H  ^  im^  .jjij.jg'awicaiigr 


Miraculum  -  Basil  'con 

A  little  after,  when  the  Lord  Wilmot  pist  through  the  Town, 
they  take  Horse,  and  riding  direct  towards  London,  they  meet  many 
Travellers,  amongst  whom  one  formerly  a  Servant  to  King  Charles 
the  First;  therefore  they  thought  it  most  convenient  to  leave  the 
common  Road,  and  take  the  next  Pass  upon  the  left  hand  ;  and  riding 
on  for  a  considerable  time,  and  the  night  approaching,*  they  come  to 
a  Village  called  Brod- Windsor,  Colonel  Windham  rides  before,  to  en- 
quire where  they  were,  and  the  name  of  the  Village,  and  whither  the 
way  led  :  and  as  Providence  would  have  it,  happily  meets  with  one 
Jones,  an  Inn- keeper,  formerly  a  Servant  of  hij,  and  one  who  had  also 
served  the  King,  He  blest  this  good  fortune,  and  kindly  treats  him, 
and  because  night  had  surpriz'd  them,  he  easily  obtains  the  accommo- 
dation of  a  nights  lodging,  for  himself,  and  his  Companions.  But  it 
was  not  long  after  this,  that  the  Constable  cones,  attended  with  forty 
Souldiers  at  his  heels,  to  quarter,  at  least  in  Dart  of  the  House  ;  the 
Souldiers  being  to  hasten  to  the  Waterside,  and  from  thence  to  be 
transported  to  Jarsey.  Now  the  House  was  so  stuft  with  these,  that 
his  sacred  Majesty  was  forced  to  a  very  great  straight ;  neither  is  this 
the  end  of  his  trouble ;  for  about  midnight,  :i  Leageri- Wench,  which 
followed  the  Souldiers,  falls  in  travel  for  Child  ;  being  noised  abroad, 
the  people  of  the  Village  run  together,  and  with  great  Clamour,  scold 
and  wrangle  with  the  Souldiers,  about  the  nursing  of  the  Child,  and 
charge  for  the  maintenance  of  the  Mother ;  v  ntill  the  day  appearing, 
they  are  wearied  with  chiding,  and  the  Souldiers  being  ready,  hasten 
to  take  shipping. 

Amongst  these  things.  It  will  appear  very  remarkable,  if  we  look 
back  a  little  to  the  affisiirs  of  Charmouth  ;  For  it  had  almost  come  to 
pass,  that  the  tarrying  of  the  Lord  Wilmot  there,  in  order  to  the 
shooing  of  his  Horse,  had  cost  him  dearly,  by  reason  of  a  discourse 

*  This  refers  to  the  "  Miraculous  Divergence,"  or  the  K  ng's  escape  by  tummg  out  of  the 
Dorchester  Road  into  Lee  Lane,  Bradpole,  on  Tuesday,  Septenber  23,  1651  {vetpost,  p.  265). 

t  Leager  =  camp.     A  camp-follower. 


This  Hostler 
mistrusted 
that  it  teas 
the  King  all 
the  night,  and 
told  his  Mistress 
so  much  ;  hut 
she  told  him, 
he  was  mis- 
taken^ and 
that  it  teas 
not  so  ;  hut 
that  he  teas 
a  very  good 
Friend  of 
hersy  though 
she  lufself 
believed  it 
Itkewise. 


'^<|i'l*'<llM|MW»HANJhxKi|K:r : ' 


:i£SH»it 


The  Royal  Miracle 


Ti'is  Westley  is 
since  a  Noncon- 
fnmisty  and 
Rtes  by  the  prac- 
tice of  Physick  in 
tk'.  same  place: 
He  told  a  good 
Gmtkwomany  That 
he  was  confident, 
if  ever  the  King 
did  come  in  again, 
h<.'  would  love 
long  Prayers ;  for 
hid  he  not  been 
tlicn  longer  than 
o  dinary  at  his 
I>eyotions,  he  had 
surely  snapt  him. 


M 


arising  between  one  Henry  Hull  the  Hostler,  and  one  Hammet  a  Smith 
in   that  place  ;  for  the  Smith   asking  from   whence   these   Gentlemen 
came  ?     The  Hostler  answereth,  From  Exeter,  as  they  say.     To  whom 
the  Smith  replies,  But  I  am  confident  that  these  Shooes  were  made  and 
set  in  the  North.     Moreover,  other  things  being  called  into  examina- 
tion, viz.  that  the  Horses  were  not  unsadled  for  the  night,  and  the 
Travellers  themselves  had  likewise  remain'd  the  whole  night  without 
sleeping,  and  that  their  Servant  went  forth  from  the  Inn  exceeding 
early  in  the  morning  :    From  these  things,  they  presently  conclude, 
that  these   are  Noblemen,  who  escaped  from  the  Battel  at  Worcester, 
and,  by  many  windings  and  turnings,  are  come  down  into  these  parts, 
and  perchance  the  King  himself  is  amongst  them.     From  hence  the 
hope  of  great  reward  being  conceived,  the  Hostler  goes  to  one  Westley,* 
the  puny  Parson  of  the  place,  and  a  most  devoted  Friend  to  the 
Parricides,  to  ask  his  advice,  what  is  i:o  be  done  in  the  Case.     But 
he  being  at  his  Morning  Exercise,  ought  not  to  be  disturbed  ;  neithre 
durst  the  Hostler  await  the  end  of  his  long-breathed  t  Devotions,  for 
fear  he  should  lose   his  Scutee,|  at  the  Gentleman's  departing,  and 
therefore  returning  without  his  Errands  end,  suffers  the  Gentleman 
to  ride  away  unmolested.     This   Story  being  noised  abroad  by   the 
Smith,  behold  how  Westley,  this  pittifuU  dwindling  Parson,  posteth 
to  the  /w«-keeper,  and  with  most  eager  Blatterations  catechiseth  him 
concerning  what  Travellers  he  had  lodged  that  night ;   from  whence 
they  came,  and  whither  they  would  ;  and  what  they  did  there  ;  but 
his  suspitions  being  increased   by  the  answers   he   received,  he  runs 
to  Butler\  the  next  Justice  of  the  Peace,  requiring  a  Warrant,  in  which 

*  See  ante,  Introduction,  p.  41. 

t  Or  bloody  Prayers. 

X  A  present  tf  money.     A  scute  in  the  reign  of  Henry  V  was  declared  to  be  worth 

half  a  noble. 

§  Robert  Butler,  J. P.,  was  included  in  the  Commission  of  the  Peace  for  Dorset  in 
1647.  Was  a  prominent  Committee-man  and  sometime  Governor  of  Wareham.  Fide 
Canon  Mayo's  Dorset  Standing  Committee,  1 646-1 650. 

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he  would  excite  and  stir  up  the  people,  upcn  all  quarters,  together 
with  the  Souldiers,  to  endeavour  the  apprehending  of  the  King;  the 
Justice  refusing  to  do  it,  Capain  Massy,  now  living  in  Lime,  and 
seeing  the  matter  required  hast,  gathers  as  many  Souldiers  as  he  was 
able,  and  followeth  after  them,  directly  in  tie  way  towards  London, 
until  he  came  to  Dorcester.  But  as  it  was  dear,  by  a  most  Divine 
Instinct  the  King  was  turned  another  way,  and  so  the  Captain  losing 
his  hopes,  returns  from  whence  he  came. 

Hereupon  the  Souldiers,  throughout  the  whole  neighbour-hood, 
fret,  and  are  exceedingly  concerned,  and  narrDwly  examine  all  private 
places,  and  diligently  search  the  houses  of  su  ;pitious  persons ;  especi- 
ally Sir  Hugh  Windham's  (whose  Nephew  Colcnel  Windham  was)  where 
they  most  accurately  look  into  all  the  chests,  aid  corners  of  the  House, 
and  violently  apprehending  the  whole  Famiy,  they  suspect  a  young 
Gentlewoman,  of  exceeding  great  Beauty,  and  rare  endowments,  as  if 
she  had  been  the  King  disguised;  neither  did  they  discharge  her  of 
this  suspition,  before  they  had  tried  by  undoi:bted  experiment,  of  what 

Sex  she  was. 

But  indeed  the  footsteps  of  Kings  are  to  l)e  hunted  with  a  narrower 
search.  Consultation  being  held,  it  is  decreed,  that  the  King,  in  the 
depth  of  the  night,  is  to  return  to  Trent;  a: id  in  the  mean  time,  the 
Lord  Wilmot,  with  Henry  Peters,  are  to  haste  1  to  Sarishury,  that  there 
the  Lord  Wilmot  might  consult  with  Mr.  'John  Coventry  (the  eldest 
Son,  by  a  second  Wife,  of  the  Lord  Coventry,  sometime  Keeper  of  the 
Great-Seal)  by  what  means,  either  a  safe  Passjg^e  might  be  obtained  for 
the  King  beyond  the  Seas,  or  at  least  a  new  place  of  shelter  might  be 
procured  for  him ;  it  being  to  be  feared,  lest  his  tarrying  in  one  and 
the  same  place  so  long,  should  at  length  prove  the  cause  of  his  dis- 
covery. At  last  consultation  being  had  with  Mr.  Coventry ^  he  rides  to 
a  Widows,  by  name  Mrs.  Hide,  who  lived  :  n  a  Village  called  Heale, 
about  a  mile  distant  from  Sarishury,  that  she  might  provide  a  private 
place  for  the  reception  of  his  Majesty;  and  Mr.  Robert  Philips,  who  as 

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a  Colonel  had  served  in  the  Wars  of  Charles  the  First,  is  sent  to  South' 
ampouy  to  provide  for  a  Passage.  The  Nohle  Colonel  returning  from 
thence,  informs,  that  there  is  a  Shi'p  in  readiness,  and  all  things  neces- 
sary in  order  to  Transportation.  But  it  most  unhappily  falls  out 
(whilst  his  sacred  Majesty  was  coming  to  Mrs.  Hides  House)  that  the 
same  Shi'p  was  hired  by  the  Parricides,  to  carry  Souldiers,  and  Provisions, 
which  were  to  be  transported  for  Jarsey.  This  hope  vanishing,  Colonel 
Philip  earnestly  desires  in  this  business  the  assistance  of  Colonel  Gunter, 
whom  he  meets  withall  by  chance.  In  the  mean  time  the  King  comes 
by  night  to  the  Widows  House,  and  being  gladly  received,  Dr.  Hinch- 
many  now  Bishop  of  London,  amongst  other  Guests,  sits  at  Table  with 
him ;  but  having  supped,  he  discovers  himself  privately  to  the  Widow, 
and  enquires  for  the  retiring-place  which  was  appointed  for  him ;  and 
although  she  had  never  seen  him  but  once,  and  that  only  as  he  passed 
by,  which  was  about  seven  years  before,  yet  she  knew  him  at  his  very 
first  entrance.  It  is  advised  that  he  depart  from  thence  towards  London 
in  the  Morning  about  Sun-rising,  but  wheeling  about  his  journey,  he 
is  to  be  in  readiness  about  One  of  the  Clock  in  the  Afternoon,  and  is 
to  be  received  into  the  House  through  a  back  Door:  For  that  day 
there  was  a  Fair  to  be  kept  at  Sarisbury,  and  by  this  slight  all  the 
Servants  being  dismist,  are  freed  from  the  least  mistrust,  and  he  him- 
self is  to  be  received,  without  the  knowledge  of  any :  This  was  not  only 
consulted,  but  effected  also ;  for  the  King,  with  Colonel  Philips,  after- 
wards, under  a  pretence  only,  take  their  leaves  of  Mrs.  Hide,  and 
mounting  a  horseback,  they  goe  to  visit  Stonhenge,  but  returned  at  the 
hour  appointed;  where  the  Colonel  conveigheth  away  the  Horses. 
The  King  is  hid  in  a  certain  private  place,  which  they  had  made  in 
the  time  of  the  Wars,  to  hide  their  Jewells,  and  other  Goods  of 
greatest  consequence. 

Whilst  these  things  are  in  agitation,  a  Ship  is  hired,  by  the 
industry  of  Colonel  Gunter^  at  Brighttelmstedy  amongst  the  Regnoie  of 
Sussex  :  which  being  once  known,  and  all  things  necessary,  in  order  to 

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a  Transportation,  being  procured,  his  sacred  Majesty  doth  now  un- 
feignedly  take  his  leave  of  Mrs.  Hide,  and  w  th  Colonel  Philips,  rides 
by  night  unto  Mr.  Simmons  House,  near  Ports  nouth  ;  but  the  next  day, 
towards  the  Evening,  he  goes  to  the  Inn  at  Brighthelmsted ;  where, 
besides  the  King,  there  sate  at  Supper,  Colonel  Gunter,  the  Lord  Wilmot, 
Mr.  Mansel  the  Merchant,  and  Mr.  Tetershel  :he  Master  of  the  Vessel, 
who  sate  opposite  to  the  King.  Mr.  Tetershel  rising  from  Supper, 
calls  out  the  Merchant,  scil.  Mr.  Mansel,  apixt  by  himself,  and  com- 
plains he  hath  done  him  wrong,  for  he  hath  deceived  him,  substituting 
the  King  under  the  person  of  another.  Mr.  Mansel  strongly  denies 
it,  and  presses  him  to  make  good  his  promise  But  he  confidently  on 
the  other  side  aflSrms  that  it  was  the  King,  wlio  being  meanly  clothed, 
doth  pretend  himself  a  Servant,  and  was  cloak 'd  under  the  disguise  of 
a  poor  Fellow  :  And  this  he  knew  right  well,  ^^ecause  formerly  his  Ship 
being  bound  for  New- Castle,  to  fetch  Coals  from  thence,  was  seized 
upon  in  the  Downs,^nd  he,  with  others,  desiri  ig  to  be  released,  that  he 
himself  dismist  them.  But  the  Merchant  could  not  be  ignorant  of  the 
late  Proclamation,  in  which  all  are  forbid,  \inder  pain  of  death,  to 
administer  the  least  help  or  assistance  unto  h  m  ;  and  a  large  reward, 
viz.  a  thousand  pounds,  is  promised  to  any  that  shall  discover  him. 
Mr.  Mansel  perceiving  that  the  thing  was  known  unto  the  Master, 
informs  the  King  of  it  privately,  who  understa  iding  his  temper,  and  the 
civility  of  his  carriage,  goeth  with  the  Lord  Wilmot  unto  him,  with 
promises  of  large  rewards,  and  gives  him  presently  a  sufficient  Salary 
for  the  Passage.  He  promising  fidelity,  goes  from  thence  to  prepare 
all  things  in  readiness,  in  order  to  the  Voyage.  The  Ship  was  distant 
about  four  Miles  from  hence,  in  a  Village  cdled  Shoram,  half  loaden 
with  Coals,  which  they  had  not  as  yet  sold  off ;  and  the  Seamen  abiding 
for  the  most  part  in  Brighthelmsteed,  therefore  at  midnight  he  calls 
upon  them  that  they  would  presently  rise,  and  with  all  speed  goe  aboard 
the  Vessel,  under  pretence  the  Anchors  were  Ic  ose,  and  the  Ship  is  now 
in  danger  to  fall  upon  the  Rocks  or  Quick-sa  ids,  himself  being  about 


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instantly  to  come  after.  Moreover,  he  appoints  his  Wife  to  buy  in 
the  Town  a  Bottle  of  Strong- Water,  and  to  fill  another  with  Sack,  and 
to  provide  him  his  Linnen,  which  he  was  to  carry  with  them.  But  she 
enquires.  Why  he  went  away  so  late  in  the  Night,  and  whether  the 
Morning  would  not  serve  his  turn  ?  And  when  she  perceived  him  more 
earnest,  and  would  not  endure  the  least  delay,  It  is  the  King  (saith  the 
poor  Woman)  /  believe,  you  are  about  to  transport :  but  God  grant  that 
thou  mayest  be  serviceable  unto  him,  in  delivering  him  out  of  the  hands  of 
his  Enemies ;  and  that  this  may  be  affected,  I  care  not,  if  hence-forwards, 
both  my  self,  and  Children,  all  the  dayes  of  our  lives,  beg  for  our  livings. 
Also  the  Inn-keeper,  having  drank  freely,  goes  to  the  King  something 
rudely,  and  taking  him  by  the  hand,  kisseth  it,  saying.  Who  you  are,  or 
from  whence  you  come,  or  whither  you  will,  I  know  not :  Nevertheless,  I 
beseech  God  to  preserve  and  keep  you  ;  but  if  I  am  not  mistaken,  I  shall 
be  an  Earl,  and  my  Wife  a  Countess. 

The  time  for  their  going  a  Ship-board  drawing  nigh,  they  take 
their  Horses,  and  ride  to  the  Seaside  ;  but  the  Master  of  the  Vessel 
pretends,  the  remainder  of  the  Coals  were  to  be  sold  by  these 
Merchants  at  the  Isle  of  Wighty  and  therefore  is  about  to  set  sayl  for 
that  place.  Thay  take  Ship  about  five  of  the  Clock  in  the  Morning, 
and  spent  a  great  part  of  the  day  in  coasting  about  the  shore  ;  in  the 
Afternoon,  the  Master  of  the  Ship  bends  his  sayls,  or  is  about  to  stand 
towards  the  Isle  of  Wight.  But  the  Lord  Wilmot,  who  pretends  to  be 
the  principal  Person,  as  if  his  mind  had  changed  with  the  wind,  after  a 
little  whiles  dispute  openly  before  all  the  Seamen  (as  was  before  agreed 
between  him  and  the  Master)  changes  his  purpose  for  a  Voyage  into 
France  ;  and  about  the  Evening  they  arrive  at  *  Fecan^  a  small  Port 
in  Normandy,  and  so  at  last  obtain  the  welcome  shore.  As  they  sayled 
along,  the  Master  of  the  Ship  greatly  adm  ired,  that  the  Kings  Majesty 
better  understood  Navigation,  and  the  order  of  the  Voyage,  than 
himself.     Neither  is  it  likewise  to  be  past  by  with  silence,  what  an 

*  Dcip.     This  is  a  mistake.     It  ahould  be  Fecamp. 

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ignorant  Sea-man  (as  sometimes  a  man  is  ingenious  by  chance)  very 
wittily  answered  ;  For  whilst  they  were  under  sayl,  the  King  sitting 
with  the  Master  of  the  Ship  in  the  Cabin,  a  pla  n  Sea-man  coming  in, 
sits  down  in  the  next  place  to  the  King^  and  theie  puffing  with  his  Pipe 
of  Tobacco  :  which  the  Master  of  the  Ship  not-  Hking,  bids  him 
presently  to  goe  forth  with  his  Smoak,  and  not  10  disturb  the  Gentle- 
man ;  but  he  grumbling  whilst  he  went  forth,  saith,  A  Cat  may  look 
upon  a  King  :  which  is  a  common  Proverb  used  in  our  English  Nation. 

His  sacred  Majesty  was  now  arrived  upon  tlie  French  shore,  where 
having  first  given  humble  thanks  to  Almighty  Cod,  the  Watchman  and 
Preserver  of  Kings,  the  Governour  of  Sea  and  Land,  and  the  most  merciful 
Pacifier  of  Wind  and  Waves,  expresseth  all  kindness  to  the  Master  of 
the  Ship,  courteously  inviting  him  to  live  and  abide  with  him  ;  but  he 
wishing  the  King  all  prosperity,  chose  rather  (though  not  without  great 
danger)  to  re-visit  his  own  House  and  Famil}  ;  wherefore  he  takes 
Ship,  and  the  Wind  suddenly  turning,  that  very  night  he  reacheth  Pool, 
a  Haven  in  Dorsetshire,  and  sold  his  Coals  there.  The  King  coming  to 
Roan,  takes  acquaintance  with  two  Merchants,  Mr.  Sambourny  and  Mr. 
Parker,  who  parting  his  old  Clothes  between  them,  as  if  they  had  been 
the  Reliques  of  Saints,  put  his  Majesty  into  new,  and  more  becoming 
Apparel.  Here  Dr.  Earl,  now  Bishop  of  Sarisb^ry  (who  formerly  had 
been  his  Majesties  Chaplain,  and  was  then  by  cliance  at  Roan)  came  to 
visit  him,  but  at  the  first  sight  knew  him  not,  whether  that  it  were, 
because  his  Countenance  was  more  sullied  than  ordinary,  and  his  head 
spoyled  of  the  former  ornament  of  his  hair,  did  obscure  his  Majestical 
presence;  or  the  Doctor's  mind  astonished  with  so  unexpected  an 
object,  had  blunted  his  sight ;  certain  it  is,  that  he  could  not  find 
Charles  in  Charles ;  till  having  longer,  and  mor;  earnestly  beheld  him, 
at  last,  full  of  joy,  he  threw  himself  at  the  fee :  of  his  dear  Lord  and 
Master,  as  well  to  deprecate  the  fault  of  his  slo\7  duty,  as  to  give  vent 
to  his  passionate  gratulations. 

The  next  day  (the  fame  of  this  accident  hiving  speedily  reached 

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Paris)  the  Queen  of  England,  the  Duke  of  Orleans,  with  a  great 
Company  of  Nohles,  goe  forth  to  welcome  him,  and  conduct  him  into 
the  City,  with  great  applause  of  the  People.  They  embrace  him,  they 
pronounce  him  preserved  for  the  Joy  and  Delight  of  Mankind,  they 
call  him  The  Hope  and  Strength  of  England,  they  heartily  pray,  that 
God  would  ever  keep  and  preserve  him. 

Thus  did  that  sacred  Person  escape  i:he  snares  and  malice  of  his 
blood-thirsty  Enemies,  by  whom  all  true  English  men  triumph  over 
their  Persecutors  ;  of  whose  precious  Life,  if  God  himself  had  not 
taken  the  charge,  it  had  very  many  times  unavoidably  perished,  and 
been  utterly  destroyed.  That  amongst  so  many  Persons  of  the  mean- 
est rank,  so  many  of  a  contrary  Religion,  so  many  of  the  Female  Sex 
(whose  natural  proness  is  not  easily  restrained  from  pratling)  so  many 
timorous,  to  whom  'tis  death  enough  to  hear  it  threatned,  and  lastly, 
so  many  poor  or  penyless  Persons,  and  of  broken  Fortunes,  who 
could  not  but  well  approve  the  tender  of  a  great  summ,  that  for  two 
Months  together,  he  should  not  be  betrayed,  is  plainly  (if  ever  there 
were  a  greater)  the  most  Miraculous  Work  of  a  Divine  Hand. 


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Reseratum* 


♦  i.e.  "The  King's  place  of  retirement  unlocked."     The  ward  Claustrum  is  very  rarely 
used  in  the  singular. 


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The  Title-page  of  the  First  Edition  of  Anne  Wyndham's 
Claustrum  Regale  Reseratum  (1667) 

{From  the  copy  in  Possession  of  the  writer) 


TO   THE 

QUEEN'S 

Most  Excellent 
MAJESTY 

This  little  Book  having  obtained  liberty,  sfter  a  long  Imprison- 
ment, to  walk  abroad,  prostrates  itself  at  Yoar  Majesties  feet  for 
patronage  and  protection.  In  it  Your  Majesy  may  behold  God's 
wonderful  Mercy  &  Providence,  in  keeping  and  preserving  our 
Gracious  Soveraign  from  the  hands  of  His  Ejiemies,  when  they  so 
pleased  themselves  with  the  hopes  of  seising  th  s  Sacred  Person  after 
the  Battel  of  Worcester,  as  they  had  invented  &  prepared  new  ways 
to  afflict  His  Majesty,  such  as  till  then  never  entered  into  the  hearts  of 
the  worst  Tyrants  before  them.  But  it  pleased  God  to  frustrate  the 
hopes  &  designs  of  the  King's  Adversaries,  and  to  restore  His 
Majesty  to  His  Fathers  Throne  :  which  that  h<:  may  long  enjoy  with 
Your  Majesty,  in  Health,  Peace  &  Happiness,  Is,  and  shall  be  the 
prayers  of 

Your  Majestie's 

Most  obedient  &  most 
Faithful  Servant 

Anne  Wyndham* 


Sec  Introduction,  p.  40, 


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Claustrum  Regale  Reseratum 

or 

The  King's 

CONCEALMENT 

AT 

TRENT. 

How  that  after  the    Battel   of  Worcestety  His  Sacred  Majesty  most 
wonderfully  escaped   the  hands  of    his   blood-thirsty  Enemies,    and 
(under  a  Disguise,  in  the  company  of  Mrs  Jane  Lane)  safely  arrived 
at  Abbots  Leigh  in  Somersetshire,  (the   seat  of  Sir  George  Norton, 
lying  near  to  the  City  of  Bristol)  hath  been  fully  published  unto  the 
World.     His  Majesties  Journey  from  thence  to  the  house  of  Colonel 
Francis  Wyndham  at  7rent  in  the  same  County,  his  Stay  there,  his 
Endeavour  (though  frustrate)   to  get  over  into   France,  his   Return 
to  ^rent,  his  final  Departure  thence  to  his  happy  Transportation,  are 
the  subject  of  this  present  Relation.     A  Story,  in  which  the  Constella- 
tions of  Providence  are  so  refulgent,  that  their  light  is  sufficient  to 
confute  all  the  Atheists  of  the  world,  and  to  enforce  all  persons  (whose 
faculties  are  not  pertinaciously  depraved)  to  acknowledge  a  watchful 
Eye  of  GOD  from  above,  looking  upon  all  the  Actions  of  Men  here 
below,    making   even   the    most   wicked   subservient    to    his  just   & 
glorious  designs.     And   indeed,  whatsoever  the  Antients   fabled    of 
Gyges's  Ring,  by  which  he  could  render  himself  Invisible,  or  the  Poets 
fancied  of  their  Gods,  who  usually  carried  their  chief  Favourites  in  the 
Clouds,  and  by  drawing  those  aerial  Curtains,  did  so  conceal  them, 
that  they  were  heard  &  seen  of  none,  whilst  they  both  heard  &  saw 
others,  is  here  most  certainly  verified.     For,  the  Almighty  so  closely 
covered  the  King  with  the  wing  of  his  Protection,  and  so  clouded  the 
Understanding  of  his  cruel  Enemies  that  the  most  piercing  Eye  of 

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Malice  could  not  see,  nor  the  most  Barbaro  isly-bloody  Hand  ofFer 
Violence  to  his  Sacred  Person.  .  .   . 

But  before  the  several  Particulars  of  this  Jtory  are  laid  open,  two 
Questions  (easily  foreseen)  which  will  be  readily  asked  by  every  Reader, 
call  for  an  Answer.  The  one  is.  Why  this  Rel  ition  so  much  expected, 
so  much  longed  for,  has  been  kept  up  all  this  wliile  from  publick  view  ? 
And  the  other.  How  it  came  to  pass,  that  now  it  takes  the  liberty  to  walk 
abroad  .?  Concerning  the  first,  it  must  be  known,  that  a  Narrative  of 
these  Passages  was  (by  especial  command  frojn  his  Majesty)  written 
by  the  Colonels  own  hand,  immediately  after  the  Kings  return  into 
England ;  which  (being  presented  to  his  Majesty)  was  laid  up  in  the 
Royal  Cabinet,  there  to  rest  for  some  time, it  being  the  King's  pleasure 
(for  reasons  best  known  to  his  Sacred  self)  that  it  should  not  then  be 
published. 

And  as  his  Majesties  command  to  keep  it  Drivate,  is  a  satisfactory 
answer  to  the  first  ;  so,  his  licence  now  obtained  that  it  might  travel 
abroad,  may  sufficiently  resolve  the  second  quest  ion.     But  besides  this, 
many  prevalent  reasons  there  are,  which  plead  for  a  publication  ;  the' 
chief  of  which  are  briefly  these.     That  the  implacable  Enemies  of  this 
Crown  may  be  for  ever  silenced  &  ashamed  j  wlio  having  neither  Law, 
nor  Religion  to  patronize  their  unjust  undertaidngs,  construed  a  bare 
Permission  to  be  a  Divine  Approbation  of  thei  •  Actions  ;  and  (taking 
the  Almighty  to  be  such  a  one  as  themselves)   blasphemously  entitled 
God  to  be  the  Author  of  all  their  wickedness.     But  the  arm  of  God 
stretched  out  from  heaven  to  the  rescue  of  the  King,  cutting  off  the 
clue  of  their  Success,  even  then  when  they  thought  they  had  spun 
up  their  thread,  hath  not  left  them  so  much  as  an  apron  of  fig-leaves 
to  cover  the  nakedness  of  their  most  shameful  proceedings 

The  next  is.  That  the  Truth  of  his  Mijesties  Escape  (being 
mmced  by  some,  mistaken  by  others,  and  not  fully  set  forth  by  any) 
might  appear  in  its  native  beauty  &  splendor  :  That  as  every  dust  of 
gold  IS  gold,  and  every  ray  of  light  is  light  ;   so  every  jot  &  title 

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of  Truth  being  Truth,  not  one  grain  of  the  Treasure,  not  one  beam  of 
the  lustre  of  this  Story  might  be  lost  or  clouded  ;  it  being  so  rare,  so 
excellent,  that  aged  Time  out  of  all  the  Archives  of  Antiquity  can 
hardly  produce  a  Parallel.     Singularly  admirable  indeed  it  is,  if  we 
consider  the   Circumstances   &    Actors.     The   Colonel   (who   chiefly 
designed,  and  moved  in  this   great  affair)  could  not  have  had  the 
freedom  to  have  served  his  Majesty,  had  he  not  been  a  prisoner ;  his 
very  Confinement  giving  him  both  a  liberty,  and  protection  to  act. 
For,  coming   home   from  Weymouth  upon  his  Parole,  he  had  the 
opportunity  to  travel  freely  &  safely,  without  fear  of  being  stopped, 
or  taken  up  :  and  being  newly  removed  from  Sherborne  to  Trent,  the 
jealous  eye  of  Somersetshire  Potentates  had  scare  then  found  him  out, 
whose  malevolent  Aspect  afterwards  seldom  suffered  him  to  live  at 
home,  and   too  too   often  furnished  his  house   with  very  unwelcom 
guestl.   Others,  who  contributed  their  assistance,  were  persons  of  both 
sexes,  and  of  very  different  conditions  &  qualities  :    And   although 
their 'endeavours  often  proved  successless,  though  they  received  dis- 
couragements on  one  hand,  were  terrified  with  threats  on  the  other  ; 
That  a  seal  of  silence  should  be  imprinted  upon  the  lips  of  Women, 
who  are  become  proverbial  for  their  garrulity  ;  That  faithfulness  & 
constancie    should   guard   the   hearts   of   Servants,   who   are   usually 
corrupted  with  rewards,  or  affrighted  with  punishments  (most  power- 
ful passions,  heightened  by  Capital  animadversions  proclaimed  against 
All  that  should  conceal,  and  large  Remunerations  promised  to  such  as 
should  discover  the  King)  could  work  nothing  upon  any  single  person, 
so  as  to  remove  him  or  her  from  their  respective   duty,  but  that  all 
should  so  harmoniously  concenter,  both  in  the  Design,  and  also  after- 
ward keep  themselves  so  long  close  shut  up  under  the  lock  of  secrecy, 
that  nothing  could  be  discovered  by  the  most  exquisite  art  &  cunning, 
till  the  blessed  Restauration  of  his  Majesty  to  his  glorious  Throne,  so 
filled  their  hearts  with  joy,  that  it  broke  open  the  door  of  their  lips, 
and  let  their  tongue  loose  to  tell  the  Miracle  to  the  amazed  World, 

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would  (were  not  the  Persons  yet  alive,  and  the  utory  fresh  in  memory) 
rarifie  it  into  a  Romance. 

The  reproaches  &  scandals,  by  which  some  envious  persons  have 
sought  to  diminish  &  vilifie  the  faithful  services,  which  the  Colonel 
out  of  the  integrity  of  his  soul  performed  unto  his  Majesty,  shall  not 
here  be  mentioned  :  Because  by  taking  up  dirt  to  bespatter  him,  they 
defile  their  own  hands,  &  the  gun  they  level  at  his  Reputation,  recoils 
to  the  wounding  of  their  own. 

These  things  thus  promised,  by  way  of  Introduction,  open  the 
Gate,  through  which  you  may  enter,  and  in  th-;  ensuing  Pages  (as  in 
several  Tables)  take  a  full  view  of  the  Particulars. 

The  Disguise  his  Majesty  put  on,  secured  him  from  the  Cruelty 
of  his  Enemies  ;  but  could  not  altogether  hide  him  from  the  prying 
eyes  of  his  dutiful  Subjects.  For  in  the  time  of  his  stay  at  Leigh,  one 
John  Pofe  (then  Butler  to  Sir  George  Norton,  bul  formerly  a  Soldier  for 
the  King  in  the  West)  through  all  these  clouds  espied  the  most 
Illustrious  Person  of  the  King.  With  him  hij  Majesty  (after  he  was 
himself  discovered)  was  pleased  familiarly  to  discourse  ;  And  speaking 
of  the  great  sufferings  of  very  many  of  his  Friends  in  the  Western 
parts  (most  whereof  were  well  known  to  Pope]  his  Majesty  enquired 
if  he  knew  Colonel  Francis  Wyndham,  who  (in  the  time  of  the  late 
Wars)  was  Governor  of  Dunster  Castle P  Vtiy  well,  Sir,  answered 
Pope.  The  King  then  demanded  what  was  become  of  him  }  Pope 
replies.  That  the  Colonel  had  married  Mrs  Anne  Gerard^  one  of  the 
daughters  &  heiresses  of  Thomas  Gerard  Esq  ;  late  of  T:rent  in 
Somersetshire,  and  that  he  had  newly  brought  tliither  his  Mother  (the 
Lady  Wyndham)  his  Wife  &  family,  and  that  h.j  believed  the  Colonel 
intended  there  to  reside  &  live.  His  Majesty  having  received  the 
intelligence  concerning  the  Colonel,  together  with  an  exact  information 
of  the  scituation  of  Trent,  sought  an  opportun  ty  to  Speak  with  Mr/ 
Lane  (from  whom,  the  better  to  conceal  himself,  he  then  kept  at  a 
distance)  and  by  means  of  Mr  Lassels  (who  accompanied  the  King  in 

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this  journey)  obteining  his  desire,  his  Majesty  with  much  contentment 
imparted  to  Mr j  Lane  what  ?0'pe  had  informed  him  concerning  Colonel 
Wyndham,  and  his  habitation  ;  telling  her  withall,  That  if  she  could 
bring  him  thither,  he  should  not  much  doubt  of  his  safety. 

In  this  very  point  of  times  comes  the  Lord  Henry  Wilmot  (since 
Earl  of  Rochester)  from  Dirham  in  Gloucestershire  (the  seat  of  John 
Winter  Esq  ;  a  person  of  known  loyalty  &  integrity)  to  Leigh.  My 
Lord  had  attended  his  Majesty  in  his  passage  Westward,  and  on 
Friday  morning  {September  the  13)  met  accidentally  Captain  Thomas 
Ahington  of  Dowdswell  in  the  County  the  Gloucester  at  Pinbury  Park  ; 
and  being  known  by  the  Captain  (who  had  served  under  his  Lordship 
in  the  Wars)  was  that  night  by  him  conducted  to  Mr  Winter's,  from 
whom  his  Lordship  (as  he  has  often  since  acknowledged)  received 
great  Civilities.  Mrs  Lane  presently  reveals  to  Lord  Wilmot  the 
KingS  resolution  to  remove  to  Trent ;  whereupon  my  Lord  demanded 
of  Henry  Rogers  (Mr  Winter's  servant,  and  his  Lordships  guide  from 
Dirham  to  Leigh)  whether  he  knew  Trent?  He  answered,  that 
Colonel  Wyndham  &  his  Master  had  married  two  Sisters,  and  that 
he  had  often  Waited  on  his  Master  thither.  These  things  so  happily 
concurring,  his  Majesty  commanded  the  Lord  Wilmot  to  haste  to 
Trent,  and  to  ascertain  the  Colonel  of  his  speedy  Approach. 

His  Lordship  took  leave,  and  continuing  Rogers  for  his  guide, 
with  one  Robert  Swan,  arrived  at  Trent  the  sixteenth  of  September. 
Rogers  was  sent  in  forthwith  to  the  Colonel  to  acquaint  him,  that 
a  Gentleman  a  friend  of  his,  desired  the  favour  of  him,  that  he 
would  please  to  step  forth  &  speak  with  him.  The  Colonel  enquir- 
ing of  Rogers,  whether  he  knew  the  Gentleman  or  his  business  .? 
answered,  No,  he  understood  nothing  at  all,  but  only  that  he  was 
caUcd  by  the  name  of  Mr.  Morton,  Then  without  further  discourse 
the  Colonel  came  forth,  and  found  the  Gentleman  walking  near  the 
Stable  ;  whom  as  soon  as  he  approached,  (although  it  was  somewhat 
dark)  he  saluted  by  the   title  of  My  Lord  Wilmot.     His  Lordship 

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seemed  to  wonder  that  he  should  be  known,  but  it  was  nothing 
strange  considering  the  Colonels  former  acqua  ntance  with  him,  being 
one  of  the  first  that  engaged  under  his  Command,  in  his  late  Majesties 
service  :  Besides,  his  Lordship  was  not  in  tie  least  altered,  except 
a  Hawk  on  his  fist,  and  a  Lure  by  his  side  might  pass  for  a  Dis- 
guise. This  Confidence  of  his  Lordship  rea  ly  begat  admiration  in 
the  Colonel,  calling  to  mind  the  great  danger  he  was  in,  and  whose 
Harbinger  he  was  ;  For  he  advertised  the  Colonel,  that  the  King 
himself  was  on  his  way  to  Trent,  intending  tliat  very  night  to  lodge 
at  Castle  Gary  (a  town  six  miles  thence)  hop  ng  by  Gods  assistance, 
to  be  with  him  about  ten  of  the  clock  next  morning. 

At  this  joyful  news  the  Colonel  was  trsnsported  (there  having 
run  a  report,  that  his  Majesty  was  slain  in  the  Fight  at  Worcester) 
and  giving  God  thanks  for  his  wonderful  mercy,  he  assured  his 
Lordship,  That  for  his  Majesties  preservation  he  would  value  neither 
his  life,  family,  nor  fortune,  and  would  never  injure  his  Majesties  con- 
fidence  of  him  ;  Not  doubting,  but  that  God  who  had  led  his  Majesty 
through  the  midst  of  such  inexpressible  dangers,  would  deliver  him  from 
all  these  barbarous  threats,  and  bloody  invention:  of  his  Enemies.  With 
these  &  such  like  expressions,  the  Colonel  brought  the  Lord  Wilmot 
into  his  parlour,  where  he  received  an  exact  axount  of  his  Majesties 
condition  &  present  affairs. 

Next  morning,  the  Colonel  found  it  necessary  to  acquaint  the 
Lady  Wyndham  his  mother,  and  also  his  o^^n  Lady,  with  the  par- 
ticulars the  Lord  Wilmot  had  overnight  imparted  to  him,  concerning 
the  King.  The  relation  he  gave  them,  did  rot  (through  the  weak- 
ness of  their  sex)  bring  upon  them  any  womanish  passion,  but  sur- 
prized with  joy,  they  most  cheerfully  resolve  (without  the  least  show 
of  fear)  to  hazard  all,  for  the  safety  of  the  King.  And  so  (begging 
Gods  blessing  upon  their  future  endeavours)  they  contrive  how  his 
Majesty  might  be  brought  into  the  house,  without  any  suspicion  to 
their   family,   consisting   of  above   twenty  persons.     Amongst   them 


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therefore,  Mrs  Juliana  Coningsby  (the  Lady  WyndhanCs  neece)  Elianor 
Withers,  Joan  Halsenoth,  and  Henry  Peters*  (whose  loyalty  to  the  King, 
and  fidelity  to  themselves,  they  had  sufficiently  experienced)  are  made 
privy  to  their  design.  Next  they  consider  what  Chambers  are  fittest 
for  his  Majesties  reception.  Four  are  made  choice  of;  amongst 
which,  the  Lady  Wyndham's  was  counted  most  convenient  for  the 
day-time,  where  the  servants  might  wait  with  most  freedom  upon  his 
Majesty.  Then  a  safe  place  is  provided  to  retreat  unto,  in  case  of 
search,  or  imminent  danger:  And  lastly,  Employments  are  designed 
to  remove  all  others  out  of  the  way  at  the  instant  of  his  Majesties 
arrival.  All  which  after  a  while,  answered  their  desires,  even  beyond 
their  expectation. 

Between  nine  and  ten  the  next  morning  the  Colonel  &  his  Lady 
walking  towards  the  fields  adjoining  to  the  house,  espied  the  King 
riding  before  Mrs  Lane,  &  Mr  Lassels  in  their  company.  As  soon 
as  his  Majesty  came  near  the  Colonel,  He  called  to  him  Frank,  Frank! 
how  dost  thou  doF  By  which  gracious  pleasance  the  Colonel  perceived, 
that  though  his  Majesties  habit  &  countenance  were  much  changed, 
yet  his  Heroick  spirit  was  the  same,  and  his  mind  immutable.  The 
Colonel  (to  avoid  the  jealous  eyes  of  some  neighbours)  instantly  con- 
veyed the  King  &  Mrs  Lane  into  the  Lady  Wyndhams  Chamber, 
where  the  passions  of  Joy  and  Sorrow  did  a  while  combat  in  them, 
who  beheld  his  Sacred  Person :  For  what  loyal  eyes  could  look  upon  so 
Glorious  a  Prince  thus  eclypsed,  and  not  pay  unto  him  the  homage  of 
tears?  But  the  consideration  of  his  Majesties  safety,  the  gracious 
words  of  his  own  mouth  confuting  the  sad  reports  of  his  untimely 
death,  together  with  the  hope  of  his  future  preservation,  soon  dried 
them  up.  In  a  short  time  the  Colonel  brought  the  Lord  Wilmot  to  the 
King,  and  then  the  Ladies  withdrew  into  the  Parlour,  having  first 
agreed  to  call  Mrs  Lane  Cousin,  and  to  entertain  her  with  the  same 

*  I  have  failed  to  find  any  mention  of  these  persons  in  the  parish  registers  of  Trent, 
where  the  writer  of  Ckustrum  Regale  Reseratum  is  buried. 

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familiarity  as  if  she  had  been  their  near  Relatioa.     That  day  she  stayed 
at  ^rent,  and  the  next  morning  early  Mr  Lassels  &  she  departed. 

His   Majesty,  after  he  had    refreshed   himself,  commanded   the 
Colonel  in  the  presence  of  the  Lord  Wilmot^  to  propose,  what  way  he 
thought   most  probable  for  his  Escape  into   France;    for  thither  he 
desired  with  all  speed   to   be  transported.      The  Colonel  (the  King 
giving  him   this  opportunity)  entertained  &  encouraged  his  Majesty 
with  this  remarkable  passage  of  Sir  Thomas  Wy  Mam  (his  Father)  Who, 
not  long  before  his  death  {in  the  year  1636)  called  unto  his  five  Sons, 
{having  not  seen  them  together  in  some  years  befoie)  and  discoursed  unto  us 
[said  he]  oj  the  long  Peace  iff  Prosperity  this  Kingdom  had  enjoyed  under 
its  Three  last  Glorious  Monarchs:  Of  the  many  Miseries  i^  Calamities 
which  lay  sore  upon  our  Ancestors,  by  the  severa  I  Invasions  ^  Conquests 
of  Foreign  Nations,  and  likewise  by  Intestine  Insurrections  iff  Rebellions. 
And  notwithstanding  the  strange  mutations  iff  Changes  in  England,  He 
shewed,  how  it  pleased  God  in  love  to  our  Nation  to  preserve  an  undoubted 
Succession  of  Kings,  to  sit  in  the  Regal  Throne,    He  mentioned  the  healing 
Conjunction  of  the  two  Houses  of  York  and  Lancaster,  and  the  blessed 
Union  of  the  two  Crowns  of  England  and  Scctland,  stopping  up  those 
fountains  of  Blood,  which  by  National  feuds  iff  quarrels  kept  open  had  like 
to  have  drowned  the  whole  Island.     He  said,  he  feared  the  beautiful  gar- 
ment of  Peace  would  shortly  be  torn   in  pieces   through  the  Neglect  of 
Magistrates,  the  general  Corruption  of  Manners,  and  the  prevalence  of  a 
Puritanical  faction,  which  {if  not  prevented)  wculd  undermine  the  very 
pillars  of  Government.     My  sons!     We  have  hitherto  seen  serene  i^  quiet 
times;  but  now  prepare  yourselves  for  cloudy  iff  troublesom.     I  command 
you  to  honour  iff  obey  our  Gracious  Sovereign,  ana  in  all  times  to  adhere  to 
the  Crown;  and  though  the  Crown  should  hang  upon  a  Bush,  I  charge 
you  forsake  it  not.     These  words  being  spoken  wiih  much  earnestness,  both 
in  gesture  i^  manner  extraordinary,  he  arose  fro  n  his  chair,  and  Uft  us 
in  a  deep  consultation  what  the  meaning  should  be  of— The  Crown  hanging 
upon  a  Bush.     These  words,  Sir,  (said  the  Colonel)  made  so  firm  an 

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impression  in  all  our  breasts,  that  the  many  afflictions  of  these  sad  Times 
cannot  raze  out  their  undelible  characters.  Certainly  these  are  the  days 
which  my  father  pointed  out  in  that  Expression :  And  I  doubt  not,  God 
hath  brought  me  through  so  many  dangers,  that  I  might  shew  myself  both  a 
dutiful  son,  and  a  loyal  Subject,  in  faithfully  endeavouring  to  serve  your 
Sacred  Majesty,  in  this  your  greatest  Distress. 

After  this  Rehearsal,  the  Colonel  ^in  obedience  to  his  Majesties 
command)  told  the  King,  That  Sir  John  Strangways  (who  had  given 
many  testimonies  of  his  loyalty,  having  two  Sons,  both  of  them  Colonels 
for  his  Royal  Father)  lived  but  four  miles  from  Trent.  That  he  was  a 
person  of  great  fortune  &  interest  in  Dorsetshire,  and  therefore  he 
supposed  that  either  Sir  John,  or  his  Sons,  might  be  serviceable  to  his 
Majesties  occasions.  The  King  in  prosecution  of  this  proposal,  com- 
manded the  Colonel  to  wait  on  them;  and  accordingly  the  next 
morning  he  went  over  to  Melbury^  the  place  where  Sir  John  dwelt. 
No  sooner  was  he  come  thither,  but  he  met  with  Colonel  Giles  Strang- 
ways,* and  after  usual  salutations,  they  v^alked  into  the  Park  adjoyning 

*  Giles  Strangways  of  Melbury,  an  ancestral  kmsman  of  the  Earl  of  Ilchester,  played 
an  all-important  part  in  Dorset  history  durbg  the  Civil  War,  although  his  name  finds  no  place  in 
the  Dictionary  of  National  Biography.  After  the  Restoration  a  superb  medal  in  his  honour 
was  executed  by  John  Roettier  as  one  of  the  intended  series  ordered  by  Charles  II  of  dis- 
tinguished sufferers  in  the  royal  cause.  I  possess  specimens  of  it  both  in  gold  and  silver. 
FiJe  Medallic  Illustrations,  Vol  I,  pp.  333-4.  The  design  of  the  reverse  of  the  medal,  i.e. 
the  White  Tower  of  London,  surmounted  by  the  Royal  Standard,  above  which  the  sun  is 
bursting  from  a  cloud,  was  designed  by  the  King  himself.  Giles  Strangways  was  born  at 
Melbury  in  161 5,  commanded  a  regiment  of  horse  in  the  King's  service  in  the  West,  was 
persecuted  by  the  Parliament,  heavily  fined  and  imprisoned  in  the  Tower  with  his  father.  At 
the  Restoration  he  represented  his  native  county  in  tlie  House  of  Commons,  and  is  frequently 
mentioned  in  Pepys's  diary.  In  the  sixteenth  year  of  Charles  IFs  reign  he  was  the  senior  repre- 
sentative of  Bridport.     Below  Loggan's  fine  portrait  of  him  is  the  followbg  inscription  : — 

"  Colonel  Giles  Strangways  of  Melbury  Sampford  in  Dorsetshire. 
The  rest  fame  spcakes,  &  makes  his  Virtues  known 
By's  Zeale  for  the  Church,  &  Loyalty  to  th'  Throne. 
The  Artist  in  this  Draft,  doth  /V.rt  excell 
None  but  Himself,  himself  can  ])aralell 
But  if  his  Steel  could  his  great  Mind  express. 
That  would  appear  in  a  much  nobler  Dress." 


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to  the  house,  where  Colonel  Wyndham  impartec  the  reason  &  end  of 
his  present  Visit.  Colonel  Strangways  his  ansver  was,  That  he  was 
infinitely  grieved,  because  he  was  not  able  to  ser^e  his  Majesty  in  pro- 
curing a  Vessel  according  to  expectation ;  That  he  knew  not  of  any  one 
Master  of  a  Ship,  or  so  much  as  one  Mariner  that  he  could  trust :  All 
that  were  formerly  of  his  acquaintance  in  Wey mouthy  being  for  their 
loyalty  banished,  and  gone  beyond  the  sea;  and  in  Pool  &  Lime  he 
was  a  meer  stranger,  having  not  one  Confident  ii  either.  A  hundred 
pounds  in  Gold  he  delivered  to  Colonel  Wyndham  to  present  to  the 
King;  which,  at  his  return,  by  command  was  deposited  in  the  hands  of 
the  Lord  Wilmot^  for  his  Majesties  use. 

About  this  time  the  forces  under  Cromweil  were  retreated  from 
Worcester  into  the  several  Quarters  of  the  Country  ;  some  of  which 
coming  to  Trent,  proclaimed  the  Overthrow  of  the  King's  Army  and 
the  Death  of  the  King,  giving  out  that  he  was  :ertainly  killed  :  And 
one  of  them  affirmed  that  he  saw  him  dead,  and  that  he  was  buried 
among  the  rest  of  the  slain,  no  injury  being  offered  to  his  body, 
because  he  was  a  Valiant  Soldier,  and  a  Gallant  man.  This  welcome 
Newes  so  tickled  the  Sectaries,  that  they  could  not  hold  from  express- 
ing their  joy  by  making  Bonfires,  firing  of  Guns,  Drinking,  and  other 
jollities.  And  for  a  close  of  all,  to  the  Church  they  must,  and  there 
ring  the  Kings  Knell.  These  rude  Extravagancies  moved  not  his 
Majesty  at  all,  but  onely  (as  if  he  was  more  troubled  for  their  madness, 
than  his  own  misfortune)  to  this  most  Chris:ian  &  compassionate 
expression,  Alas,  poor  people  I 

Now  though  the  King  valued  not  the  menaces  of  his  proud 
Enemies,  being  confident  they  could  do  him  no  hurt  ;  yet  he  neglected 
not  to  try  the  faithfulness  of  his  Friends  to  cor  vey  him  out  of  their 
reach.  Thus  the  former  design  proving  unsuccessful,  and  all  hope  of 
Transpctation  that  way  being  laid  aside,  the  Colonel  acquainted  his 
Majesty,  that  one  Captain  William  ElUsden  of  Lime*  (formerly  wcU 

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known  unto  him)  with  his  brother  John  Ellesden  (by  means  of  Colonel 
Bullen  Reymes  of  Wadden   in  Dorsetshire)   had  conveyed   over   into 
France  Sir  John  Berkley  (now  Lord  Berkley)  in  a  time  of  danger.     To 
this  Captain  therefore  his  Majesty  sends  the  Colonel,  who  lodging  at 
his  house  in  Lime^  took  an  opportunity  to  tell  him,  that  the  Lord 
Wilmot  had  made  his  escape  from  Worcester  ;  that  he  lay  privily  near 
to  him  ;  and  that  his  Lordship  had  earnestly  solicited  him  to  use  his 
utmost  endeavours  to  secure  him  from  the  hands  of  his  pursuers. 
To  this  purpose  he  was  come  to  town,  and  assured  the  Captain,  if  he 
would  joyn   in   this  affair,   his  courtesie  should  never  be  forgotten. 
The  Captain  very  cordially  embraced  the  motion,  and  went  with  the 
Colonel  to  Charmouth  (a  little  place  near  Lime)  where  at  an  Inne,  he 
brought  to  him  a  Tenant  of  his,  one  Stephen  Limbry,  assuring  the 
Colonel  that  he  was  a  right  honest  man,  and  a  perfect  Royalist.     With 
this  Limbry  Colonel   Wyndham  treated  under   the  name   of  Captain 
N orris,  and  agreed  with  him  to  transport  himself   &  three  or  four 
friends  into  France.     The  conditions  of  their  Agreement  were  ;    That 
before  the  two  &  twentieth  day   of   that  instant  September,  Limbry 
should  bring  his  Vessel  into  Charmouih-Rozdy  and  on  the  said  two 
&   twentieth,  in    the    night    should    receive    the   Colonel  &   the   his 
company  into  his  Long-boat  from   the  Beach  near  Charmouth,  from 
thence  carry  them  to  his  Ship,  and  so  land  them  in  France.     This  the 
Colonel  conjured  Limbry  to  perform  with  all  secresie,  because  all  the 
Passengers  were  of  the  Royal  party,  and  intended  to  be  shipped  without 
leave,  to  avoid  such  Oaths  and  Engagements,  which  otherwise  would  be 
forced  upon  them  :  And  therefore  Privacie  in  this  transaction  would 
free  him  from  Danger,  and  themselves  from  Trouble,  the  true  cause 
why  they  so  earnestly  thirsted  (for  some  time)  to  leave  their  native 
country.     Limbry  s    Salary    was    Sixty    pounds,    which    the    Captain 
engaged  to  pay  at  his  return  from  France,  upon  sight  of  a  Certificate 
under  the  Passengers  hands  of  their  landing  there.     To  the  perform- 
ance of   these   Covenants,  Limbry  with  many  vows   &  protestations 

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obliging  himself,  the  Colonel  with  much  satisf  iction,  and  speed  came 
back  to  his  Majesty  &  the  Lord  Wilmot  at  Trent,  who  at  the  narration 
of  these  passages  expressed  no  small  contentment. 

The  business  being  thus  successfully  laid,  the  King  consults  how 
it  might  be  prudentially  managed,  that  so  there  might  be  no  miscarriage 
in  the  prosecution.  Necessary  it  was  that  his  Majesty  &  all  his 
Attendants  (contrary  to  the  use  of  Travellers)  should  sit  up  all  night 
in  the  Inne  at  Charmouth  ;  that  they  ought  to  have  the  command  of 
the  house,  to  go  in  &  out  at  pleasure,  the  Tide  not  serving  till  twelve 
at  night.  To  remove  therefore  all  suspicion  5c  Inconveniences,  this 
Expedient  was  found  out. 

Henry  Peters  (Colonel  Wyndham' s  servant)  was  sent  to  Charmouth 
Inne,  who  inviting  the  Hostess  to  drink  a  glass  of  wine,  told  her, 
That  he  served  a  very  gallant  Master,  who  had  long  most  affectionately 
loved  a  Lady  in  Devon,  and  had  the  happiness  to  be  well  beloved  by 
her  ;  and  though  her  Equal  in  birth  &  fortu  le,  yet  so  unequal  was 
his  fate,  that  by  no  means  could  he  obtain  her  Friends  consent  :  And 
therefore  it  was  agreed  between  them,  that  he  should  carry  her  thence, 
and  marry  her  among  his  own  Allies.  Anci  for  this  purpose  his 
Master  had  sent  him  to  desire  her  to  keep  the  best  Chambers  for  him, 
intending  to  be  at  her  house  upon  the  two  &  twentieth  day  of  that 
moneth  in  the  evening  ;  where  he  resolved  not  to  lodge,  but  only  to 
refresh  himself  &  friends,  and  so  travel  on  either  that  night,  or  very 
early  next  morning.  With  this  Love-story  (thus  contrived  &  acted) 
together  with  a  Present  delivered  by  Peters  from  his  Master,  the 
Hostess  was  so  well  pleased,  that  she  promised  him,  her  house  & 
servants  should  be  at  his  MasterS  command  All  which  she  very 
justly  performed. 

When  the  day  appointed  for  his  Majesties  journey  to  Charmouth 
was  come,  he  was  pleased  to  ride  before  Mrs  Juliana  Coningsby  (the 
Lady  Wyndham' s  Neece)  as  formerly  before  Mrs  Lane  :  The  Colonel 
was  his  Majesties  Guide,  whilst  the  Lord  Wilmot  with  Peters  kept  at  a 

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convenient  distance,  that  they  might  not  seem  to  be  al!  of  one 
company. 

In  this  manner  travelling,  they  were  timely  met  by  Captain 
EUsdetiy  and  by  him  conducted  to  a  private  house  of  his  Brothers 
among  the  hills  near  Charmouth.  There  his  Majesty  was  pleased  to 
discover  himself  to  the  Captain,  and  to  give  him  a  piece  of  forein  Gold, 
in  which  in  his  solitary  hours  he  made  a  hole  to  put  a  ribbin  in.  Many 
like  pieces  his  Majesty  vouchsafed  the  Colonel  &  his  Lady,  to  be  kept 
as  records  of  his  Majesties  favour,  and  of  their  own  fidelity  to  his 
most  Sacred  Person  in  the  day  of  his  greatest  Trial.  All  which  they 
have  most  thankfully  treasured  up  as  the  chiefest  Jewels  of  their 
Family. 

The  Royal  Company  from  thence  came  to  the  Inne  at  Charmouth, 
a  little  after  night ;  where  Captain  Elesden  solemnly  engaging  to  see 
the  Master  of  the  Ship  ready,  (the  wind  blowing  then  fair  for  France) 
took  leave  of  his  Majesty.  About  an  hour  after  came  Limhry  to  the 
Inne,  &  assured  the  Colonel  all  things  were  prepared,  and  that  about 
midnight  his  Long-boat  should  wait  at  the  place  appointed.  The  set 
hour  drawing  nigh,  the  Colonel  with  Peters  went  to  the  Sea-side 
(leaving  his  Majesty  &  the  Lord  Wilmot  in  a  posture  to  come  away 
upon  call)  where  they  remained  all  night  expecting  ;  but  seeing  no 
Long-boat,  neither  hearing  any  message  from  the  master  of  the  ship, 
at  the  break  of  day  the  Colonel  returns  to  the  Inne,  and  beseeches  the 
King  &  the  Lord  Wilmot  to  haste  from  thence.  His  Majesty  was 
intreated  ;  but  the  Lord  Wilmot  was  desirous  to  stay  behind  a  little, 
promising  to  follow  the  King  to  Bridpvrt,  where  his  Majesty  intended 
to  make  a  halt  for  him. 

When  the  King  was  gone,  the  Lord  Wilmot  sent  Peters  into  Lime, 
to  demand  of  Captain  Elesden  the  reason  why  Limbry  broke  his  pro- 
mise, and  forfeited  his  word .?  He  seemed  much  surprised  with  this 
message,  and  said.  He  knew  no  reason,  except  it  being  Fair-day,  the 
Seamen  were  drunk  in  taking  their  Fairwell ;    and  withall  advised  his 

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Lordship  to  be  gone,  because  his  stay  there  cculd  not  be  safe.  But 
since  that  Limbry  himself  hath  given  this  account  under  his  own 
hand  : — 

That  according  to  an  Agreement  made  at  Charmouth,  September 
the  19.  1 65 1,  betwixt  himself  &  one  Captain  Norris,  (since  known  to  be 
Colonel  Francis  Wyndham)  he  put  forth  his  Ship  beyond  the  Cobs-mouth* 
into  Charmouth-rode,  where  his  servants  on  the  22  of  the  same  monthe 
were  all  ready  in  her,  waiting  his  coming  ;  Tha :  he  going  to  his  house 
about  ten  that  night,  for  linen  to  carry  with  him,  was  unexpectedly 
locked  into  a  chamber  by  his  Wife,  to  whom  he  had  a  little  before  re- 
vealed his  intended  Voyage  with  some  Passengers  into  France,  for 
whose  Transportation,  at  his  return,  he  was  to  receive  a  considerable 
sum  of  money  from  Captain  Elesden. 

This  woman  (it  seems)  was  frighted  into  a  panick  fear  by  that 
dreadful  Proclamation  (of  the  tenth  of  September)  set  out  by  the  Men 
of  Westminster,  and  published  that  day  at  Lime.  In  this,  a  heavy 
Penalty  was  thundered  out  against  all  that  shculd  conceal  the  King, 
or  any  of  his  party,  who  were  at  Worcester  Fight ;  and  a  Reward 
of  a  Thousand  pounds  promised  to  any  that  shculd  betray  him.  She, 
apprehending  the  Persons  her  husband  engaged  to  carry  over  to  be 
Royalists,  resolved  to  secure  him  from  dang<:r,  by  making  him  a 
Prisoner  in  his  own  chamber.  All  the  perswiisions  he  used  for  his 
liberty,  were  in  vain  :  For  the  more  he  intreated,  the  more  her 
violent  increased,  breaking  forth  in  to  such  chmors  &  lamentations, 
that  he  feared  if  he  should  any  longer  contend,  both  himself  &  the 
Gentlemen  he  promised  to  transport,  would  be  cast  away  in  this 
storm,  without  ever  going  to  Sea. 

Thus  a  Design  in  a  business  of  the  highest  nature,  carried  on 
with  industry  &  prudence,  even  to  the  very  last,  still  promising  full 
hope  of  a  happy  production,  by  one  mans  single  whisper  (the  bane 

♦  The  projectbg  piers  forming  the  small  harbour  at  Lyme.     There  is  a  drawing  of 
them  in  the  British  Museum  executed  in  the  reign  of  Henry  V  [II. 


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of  Action)  proved  abortive.  For  no  doubt,  had  Umlrj  kept  h,s 
counsel,  he  had  gained  the  honour  of  Conveying  over  his  Majesty ; 
of  whose  Noble  Courage  &  Vertue,  God  was  pleased  to  make  yet 
farther  trial,  as  the  sequel  will  inform. 

The  King  passing  on  upon  Lonion-Road  from  Charnouth,  met 
many  travellers,  among  whom  was  one  of  his  Fathers  servants   well 
known  both  to  his  Majesty  &  the  Colonel;  who  were  very  well  pleased 
that  he  was  not  guilty  of  so  much  Civility,  as  to  give  either  of  them 
the  complement  of  a  Salutation.     As  they  drew  near  to  Brxi-^ri,  the 
Colonel  riding  a  little  before,  and  entering  the  town,  perceived  .t  full 
of  Soldiers ;  whereupon  stopping  his  horse  till  the  King  came  up,  he 
intreated  his  Majesty  to  keep  on,  and  by  no  means  to  put  himself  into 
the  mouth  of  them,  who  gaped  greedly  after  his  destruction.     Never- 
theless, the  King  having  engaged  to  the  Lord  Wilnot  to  expect  h.m 
there  (without  the  least  apprehension  of  danger)  rode  into  the  Georie, 
and  alighting  in  the  Court,  was  forced  to  stay  there,  and  in  the  Stable 
near  half  an  hour,  before  the  Colonel  could  procure  a  Chamber.     All 
this  while  his  bloody  Enemies  were  his  onely  Companions,  with  whom 
he  discoursed  freely  without  fear,  and  learned  from  them  their  in- 
tended Voyage  for  Jersey  &  Guernsey,  and  their  designs  upon  those 
Islands.     Here  may  you  see  the  Pursuers  overtaken,  and  the  bitterest 
of  Enemies  freely  discoursing  with  Him,  whose  utter  Ruine  they 
accounted  would  compleat  their  Happiness.     He  that  sate  in  Heaven 
certainly  laughed   them   to    scorn,   and   by   the    interposition    of  his 
mighty   Arm   eclypsed   their  glory,  and  by  his  admirable  Wisdom 
reproved  &   confuted  their   malice  against  the  King,   &  their  blas- 
phemies against  Heaven. 

No  sooner  had  the  King  withdrawn  himself  from  this  dangerous 
Company  into  a  Chamber  (with  much  difficulty  obtained)  but  M« 
C»m««iy  espied  Peters  riding  into  the  Inne.  He  (being  beckned  up) 
acquainted  his  Majesty,  that  the  Lord  Wilmot  humbly  petitioned  him 
to  make  haste  out  of  the  place,  and  to  overtake  him  slowly  passing 

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on  the  road,  and  waiting  his  Majesties  comin,^     Presently  upon  the 
dismission  of  PeUrs,  the  King  having  taken  some  small  repast,  not 
far  from  the  Town  joyned  in  company  again  with  the  Lord  Wilmot, 
&  discoursing  of  the  several  Adventures  of  that  hopeful,  and  (as' it 
fell  out)  most  perilous  Journey,  concluded  that  ZoWon-Road  was  very 
unsafe,  and   therefore   resolved   to  follow  the   next  Turning*   which 
might  probably  lead  towards  Teavill  or  Sherbwn,  neither  of  which  is 
computed  to  be  above  two  miles  distant  from  '/rent.     Providence  (the 
best  of  Guides)  directed  these  Strangers  (for  so  they  were  all  to  those 
parts)  to  a  way,  which  after  many  hours  travel  brought  them  into  a 
Village,  in  which  was  a  small  Inne  for  entertainment.     This  entred 
those  masqued  Travellers,  to  enquire  where  they  were.     And  to  this 
purpose   calling   for  some  Beer,   the   Host  of  the  house   (one   Rice 
Jones)   came   forth,  and    informed    them    that    the   place  was    called 
Broadwtndsor.     The   Colonel  knew   the   Innkeeper  &  his  wife  to  be 
very  honest,  loyal  persons,  and  that  for  their   fidelity  to  the  King  & 
his   party,   they  had  (according  to   their  condition)   undergone  their 
share   of  troubles.     The    King    understanding    the   affection    of  the 
people,  resolves   to  lodge   in   the   house   that   night,  it   being  already 
somewhat  dark,  and  his  Majesty  &  Company  sufficiently  wearied  with 
their    former    nights    watching    and    that  days   travel.     The   Colonel 
(while  the  horses  were  put  up)  desired  Mr  Jones  to  show  him  the 
most  private  rooms  ;   the  reason  he  gave  was,   Because  his  Brother- 
in-law  Colonel  Reymes  (whom  the  Lord  Wilmo-.  personated)  had  been 
a  long  time   imprisoned,  as  well  as  himself;    That  they  had  lately 
obtained   their   Paroles,  and  to   be   seen   togetlier   so   far   from  thei^ 
homes,  might  create  new  jealousies,  and  so  cor  sequently  crush  them 
with  new  troubles.     The  good  Host  upon  this  brought  them  up  into 
the  highest  chambers,  where  Privateness  recommended  the  meanness 
of  the  Accommodation,  and  the  pleasantness  cf  the  Host  (a  merry 

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fellow^  allayed  &  mitigated  the  weariness  of  the  Guests.     Now  the 
fee  of  things  began  tT  smile,  which  dl  the  day  &  night  preced.ng 
Seed  so  ifuring'^S.  iU-favoured.     But  this  short  Calm  was  on  a 
sudden  interrupted  by  a  violent  Storm.     For  in  comes  the  Consuble 
with  almost  Forty  Soldiers  to  be  billeted  that  very  n.ght  m  the  Inne 
all  the  lower  Receptacles   were  thronged  up  with   th.s   unexpected 
Company ;  so  that  the  King  was  in  a  manner  besieged,  there  being 
no  passage  from  above,  but  through  those  suspected  Guards      Thus 
every  place  brought  forth  its  troubles,  and  every  period  of  time  dis- 
closed fresh  dangers!     Shortly  after  the  Soldiers  had  taken  up  their 
Quarters,  a  Woman  in  their  company  fell  in  labour  m  the  Kitch.n 
The  pangs  she  endured,  made  the  Inhabitants  of  that  place  very  lU 
at   ease,  fearing  lest  the  whole  Parish    should  become  the   reputed 
Father,  and  be  enforced  to  keep  the  Child.     To  avoid  this  charge, 
the  chiefest  of  the  Parish  post  to  the  Inne,  between  whom  &  the 
Soldiers  arose  a  very  hot  conflict  concerning  provision  to  be  made 
for  the   mother   &   the  infant.      This  dispute  continued  till   such 
time  as  (according  to  orders)  they  were  to  march  to  the  Sea-s.de. 
This  quarrelsom  Gossipping  was  a  most  seasonable  diversion,  exer- 
cising the  minds  of  those  troublesom  Fellows,  who  otherwise  were 
likely  to  have  proved   too  too   inquisitive  after  the  Guests  m  the 
house  ;  the  sad  consequences  of  which,  every  loyal  heart  trembles  to 

think  on.  ,    . 

Surely  we  cannot,  except  we  wilfully  shut  our  own  eyes,  but 
clearly  see,  and  with  all  reverence  &  thankfulness  adore  the  Divine 
Goodness   for   his    Majesties   signal    Deliverances    in    this    Voyage. 
Especially  if  looking  back  upon  Charmouth,  we  consider  the  dangers 
that  threatened  him,  occasioned  by  the  Lord  Wilmoi^s  short  stay  there, 
after  the  King  s  departure.     For  one  Eamnet  a  Smith,  being  called  to 
shoe  his  Lordships  horse,  said.  He  well  knew  by  the  fashion  of  the 
shoes,  that  they  were  never  set  in  the  West,  but  in  the  North      The 
Hostler  (a  bird  of  the  same  feather)  hearing  this,  began  to  tell  what 

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company  had  been  there,  how  they  sate  up,   md  kept  their  horses 
sadled  all  the  night ;  and  from  hence  they  con  :Iude,  That  either  the 
King,  or  some  Great  Persons  had  certainly  been  at  the  Inne.     The 
Hostler  (whose  heart  was  soured  against  the  King)  runs  presently  to 
one  WestUy  (of  the  same  leaven)  then   Minister  of  Charmouth,  to 
inform  him  of  these  Passages,  and  to  ask  counsel  what  was  to  be  done. 
This  Westley  was  at  his  Morning  Exercise,  and  being  somthing  long- 
winded  [And  by  the  way  it  may  be  observed,  that  long  Prayers  proceeding 
from  a  Traiterous  heart,  once  did  good,  but  by  accidmt  onely]  the  Hostler, 
unwilling  to  use  his  reward  at  the  Gentlemans  taking  horse,  returns 
without  doing  his  errand.    As  soon  as  my  Lord  wzs  mounted  &  gone, 
Hamnet  tells  Westley  of  the  discourse  between  h  mself  &  the  Hostler! 
Away  comes  Westley  upon  full  speed  to  the  Inne,  and  (almost  out  of 
breath)  asks  the  woman  of  the  house,  what  Gues:s  she  had  entertained 
that  night .?     She  said.  They  were  all  strangers  to  her,  she  knew  them 
not.     I  teU  you  then  (said  he)  one  of  them  v'as  the   King.     Then 
hastily  turning  away  from  her,  he  &  Hamnet  ran  to  Mr  Butler  of 
Commer   (then   Justice  of  Peace)    to   have  him   dispatch   abroad  his 
Warrants  to  raise  the  Country  for  the  apprehenciing  of  the  King,  and 
those  persons  the  last  night  with  him  at  Charmouth,     But  he  spends 
his  mouth  in  vain,  a  deaf  ear  is  turned  upon  him,  no  Warrant  would 
be  issued  forth.     This  check  given  to  his  zeal  .0  vexed  him,  that  it 
had  like  to  have  caused  a  suffocation,  had  not  Captain  Massey  (as 
errant  a  Hotspur  as  himself)  given  it  vent,  by  raising  a  Party  and 
pursuing   the   King   upon   London-Ro^d.      But   God    preserved   his 
Majesty  by  diverting  him  to  Broadwindsor,  whilst  Massey  and  his  hot- 
mettled  company  outran  their  Prey  as  far  as  Dorchester.     And  indeed 
the  report  of  the  Kings  being  at  Charmouth,  was  grown  so  common 
that  the  Soldiers  (lying  in  those  parts)  search'd  ihe  houses  of  several 
Gentlemen,  who  were  accounted  Royalists,  thinking  to  surprize  him. 
Amongst  which  Pilesdon  (the  house  of  Sir  Hugh  Wyndham  Uncle  to 
Colonel   Francis  Wyndham)    was    twice  rifled.     They  took  the  old 

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Baronet,  his  Lady,  Daughters,  and  whole  Family,  and  set  a  Guard 
upon  them  in  the  Hall,  whilst  they  examine  every  corner,  not 
sparing  either  Trunk  or  Box.  Then  taking  a  particular  view 
of  their  Prisoners,  they  seize  a  lovely  young  Lady,  saying,  she 
was  the  King  disguised  in  womens  apparel.  At  length  being  con- 
vinced of  their  gross  &  rude  mistake,  they  desisted  from  offering 
any  further  violence  to  the  Family.  And  here  it  must  be  observed, 
that  the  same  day  the  King  went  to  Charmouth,  Captain  Elesden 
came  to  Pilesden,  and  enquired  of  Sir  Hugh  and  his  Lady  for  the 
King   &   Colonel,   confidently   affirming    that    they    must    needs    be 

there. 

His  Majesty  having  with  an  evenness  of  spirit  gotten  through 
this  rough  passage  safely  anchored  at  Broadwindsor :  Where  at  length 
enjoying  some   rest,  he  commands  the  Colonel  to   give   his   opinion 
what  course  was  to  be  taken,  as  the  face  of  affairs  then  looked.     The 
Colonel  (seeing  Forces  drawn  every  where  upon  that  shore)  thought 
it  very  hazardous  to  attempt  anything  more  in  Dorsetshire  ;  and  there- 
fore humbly  besought  his  Majesty,  that  he  would  be  pleased  to  retreat 
to  Trent :  He  hoped  his  Majesty  was  already  satisfied  in  the  fidelity  of 
his  servants  ;  and  that  he  doubted  not,  his  Majesty  might  lie  securely 
in  that  Creek,  till  it  was  fair  weather,  and  a  good  season  to  put  forth 
to  Sea.     He  humbly  advised,  that  Peters  might  conduct  the  Lord 
Wilmot  to  Mr.  Huit's  house  at  the  Kings-Arms  in  Sarum,  where  he  & 
many  of  his  friends  had  been  sheltered  in  the  time  of  troubles.     That 
Peters  (being  at  Sarum)  should  by  a  private  token  bring  his  Lord- 
ship to  Mr  John  Coventry  (his  Kinsman)  a  Person  Noble,  Wise  & 
Loyal,  with  whom  he  had  kept  Intelligence  in  order  to  the  Kings 
service,  ever  since   his   Majesty   had   set   foot  in    Scotland ;    that  he 
was  assured   Mr  Coventry  would  think  himself  highly  honoured  to 
correspond  in  this  matchless  employment,  The   Kings  Preservation, 
He  desired  the  Lord  Wilmot  to    be  confident  of  lying  concealed  ; 
And  likewise  to  treat  with  Mr  Coventry^  and  by  Peters  to  return  his 

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Majesty  an  account  how  he  found  that  Gentl.jman  affected  towards 
this  service. 

This  counsel  being  well  relished  &  approved,  'twas  resolved, 
That  between  Sarum  &  frent  (lying  30  miles  disUnt  &  better)  an 
Intercourse  should  be  kept  by  trusty  messengeis,  and  a  secret  way  of 
writing,  to  avoid  danger  in  case  of  interception.  All  things  being 
thus  concluded,  the  King  left  his  jovial  host  at  Broadwindsor,  and 
returned  with  the  Colonel  &  Mr.  Coningshy  to  Irent.  The  Lord 
Wilmot  with  Peur,  went  that  night  to  Sherborn,;nd.  the  next  morning 
was  waited  on  by  Swan  (who  attended  his  Lordship  to  the  Colonels) 
and  that  day  got  into  Sarum  where  he  soon  saluted  Mr.  Coventry,  in 
all  things  fully  answering  his  LordshipS  expectation :  And  (the  25'  of 
September)  Peter,  was  sent  back  with  this  joyful  message  from  the 
Lord  Wilmot  to  his  Majesty,  That  he  doubted  not  (by  Mr.  Coventris 
assistance  &  those  recommended  by  him)  to  b:  able  in  some  short 
time  to  effect  his  desires. 

Whilst  his  Sacred  Majesty  enjoys  his  peace  at  Trent,  and  the 
Lord  Wtlmot  (with  those  other  Worthies)  is  busied  at  Sarum  to 
procure  its  continuation.  It  cannot  be  impertinent  to  mention  a 
Circumstance  or  two.  which  inserted  in  the  midst  of  the  web  &  texture 
of  this  Story  would  have  looked  unhandsom.  bat  added  as  a  fringe 
may  prove  ornamental. 

Upon  the  Sunday  morning  after  the  King  catie  to  Trent,  a  Tailor 
of  the  Parish  informed  the  Colonel,  That  the  Zeilots  (which  swarmed 
m  that  place)  discoursed  overnight,  that  Persons  of  Quality  were  hid 
in  his  house,  and  they  intended  to  search  &  seise  them  ;  and  therefore 
he  desired  the  Colonel  (if  any  such  there  were)  to  convey  them 
thence,  to  avoid  surprisal.  The  Colonel  (rewarding  the  good  man  for 
his  care  &  kindness  towards  himself  &  family)  told  him  that  his 
Kinsman  (meaning  the  L.  Wilmot)  was  not  private,  but  publick  in 
house  (for  so  his  Lordship  pleased  to  be)  and  that  he  believed  he 
would  show  himself  in  the  Church  at  the  time  of  Prayers.     When  the 

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honest  fellow  was  gone,  the  Colonel   acquaints  the  King  what  had 
passed  between  himself  &  the  Tailor,  and  withall  besought  his  Majesty 
to  perswade  the  Lord  Wilmot  to  accompany  him  to  Church,  thinking 
by  this  means  not  only  to  lessen  the  jealousic,  but  also  to  gain  the 
good  opinion  of  some  of  the  Fanaticks,  who  would  be  apt  to  believe, 
that  the  Colonel  was  rather  brought  to  Church  by  my  Lord,  than  his 
Lordship   by   the   Colonel,  who   seldom   came   to   that   Place,  since 
Faction  &   Rebellion  had  justled    out,  and    kept   possession  against 
Peace  &  Religion.     He  alledged   moreover,  that  he  sat  in  an   lie 
distinct  from  the  body  of  the  Congregation,  so  that  the  Parishioners 
could  not  take  a  full  view  of  any  of  his  company.     These  reasons 
joined  with  his  Majesties  command,  prevailed  with  his  Lordship  ;  and 
(though  he  thought  it  a  bold  adventure,  yet)  it  not  only  allayed  the 
fury,  but  also  took  out  the  very  sting  of  those  wasps  ;  insomuch  that 
they  who  the  last  night  talked  of  nothing  but  searching,  began  now  to 
say  that  CromweWs  late  success  against  the  King,  had  made  the  Colonel 

a  Convert. 

All   being   now  quiet   about   home,   the  Colonels   Lady  (under 
pretence  of  a  visit)  goes  over  to  Sherborn  to  hear  what  news  there 
was  abroad  of  the   King.     And   towards  evening,  at    her  return,  a 
Troop  of  horse  clapt  privately  into  the  town.     This  silent  way  of 
entering  their  Quarters,  in  so  triumphant  a  time,  gave  a  strong  alarm 
to  this  careful  Lady,  whose  thoughts  were  much  troubled  concerning 
her  Royal  Guest.     A  stop  she  made  to  hearken  out  what  brought 
them  thither,  and  whither  they  were  bound  :   But  not  one  grain  of 
Intelligence   could   be   procured   by   the   most   industrious   enquiry. 
When  she  came  home,  she  gave  his   Majesty  an   account  of  many 
stories,  which  like  flying  clouds  were  blown  about  by  the  breath  of  the 
people,  striving  to  cover  her  trouble  with  the  vail  of  cheerfulness. 
But  this  the  King  perceiving  to  be  rather  forced  than  free,  as  at  other 
times,  was  earnest  to  know  the  cause  of  her  discomposure.     And  to 
satisfie  his  Majesties  importunity,  she  gave  him  a  full  relation  of  the 

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Troop  at  Sherhorn :  At  which  his  Majesty  laughed  most  heartily,  as  if 
he  had  not  been  in  the  least  concerned.  Yet  upon  a  serious  debate 
of  the  matter,  the  Colonel  &  his  Lady  supplicited  the  King  to  take  a 
view  of  his  Privy  chamber,  into  which  he  was  Derswaded  to  enter,  but 
came  presently  forth  again,  much  pleased,  that  upon  the  least  approach 
of  danger,  he  could  thither  retreat  with  an  assurance  of  security.  All 
that  night  the  Colonel  kept  strict  watch  in  his  house,  and  was  the  more 
vigilant,  because  he  understood  from  Sherborn,  :hat  the  Troop  intended 
not  to  quarter  there,  but  only  to  refresh  themselves  &  march.  And 
accordingly  (not  so  much  as  looking  towards  Irent)  about  two  of  the 
clock  next  morning  they  removed  towards  the  Sea-coast.  This  fear 
being  over,  the  King  rested  all  the  time  of  his  stay  at  Trent,  without 
so  much  as  the  apprehension  of  a  disturbance. 

The  strangeness  of  which  will  be  much  increased  by  the  addition 
of  what  a  Captain  who  served  under  Cromwell  ai  Worcester,  reported  to 
two  divines  of  undoubted  veracity,  long  befcre  the  King's  blessed 
Restauration  :  That  he  was  followed  &  troubled  with  Dreams  for 
three  nights  together.  That  the  King  was  hid  at  Trent  near  Sherborn, 
in  a  house  nigh  to  which  stood  a  Grove  or  patch  of  trees,  and  that 
thither  he  should  go  &  find  him.  This  sugg-estion  thus  reiterated, 
was  a  powerful  spur  to  prick  him  forwards  :  But  the  hand  which  held 
the  reins  &  kept  him  back,  was  irresistible. 

Now  the  hands  of  his  Majesties  enemies  were  not  only  restrained 
from  doing  him  evil,  but  the  hands  of  his  frieids  were  strengthened 
to  do  him  good.  In  order  to  which.  Colons!  Edward  Phelips  of 
Montacute  in  the  County  of  Somerset  came  from  Sarum  to  his  Majesty 
{Septemb,  28.)  with  this  intelligence.  That  his  Irother  Colonel  Robert 
Phehps  was  employed  to  Southampton  to  procure  a  Vessel,  of  which 
transaction  his  Majesty  should  receive  a  speedy  account. 

In  the  meantime.  Captain  Thomas  LittUton  (a  Neighbour  of 
Colonel  Wyndham)  was  dispatch'd  up  into  Hampshire,  where  by  the 
aid  of  Mr  Standish  he  dealt  with  the  Master  of.  Ship,  who  undertook 

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to  carry  off  the  Lord  Wilmot  &  his  company,  upon  the  condition 
his  Lordship  would  follow  his  direction.  But  the  hope  of  Colonel 
Pheli'ps  his  good  success  at  Hampton  dash'd  this  enterprise,  and  the 
Captain  was  remanded  to  Trent,  and  to  make  no  progress  till  further 
order. 

Upon  the  first  of  October,  Mr  John  Sellick  (Chaplain  to  Mr 
Coventry)  brought  a  letter  to  his  Majesty.  In  answer  to  which  the 
King  wrote  back,  That  he  desired  all  diligence  might  be  used  in  pro- 
viding a  Vessel;  and  if  it  should  prove  difficult  at  Hampton,  trial 
should  be  made  farther:  That  they  should  be  ascertained  of  a  Ship 
before  they  sent  to  remove  him,  that  so  he  might  run  no  more  hazards 
then  what  of  necessity  he  must  meet  with  in  his  passage  from  ^rent  to 
the  place  of  his  Transportation. 

October  the  fifth.  Colonel  Phelips  came  from  the  Lord  Wilmot  & 
Mr  Coventry  with  this  assurance.  That  all  things  were  ready ;  And  that 
he  had  informed  himself  with  the  most  private  ways,  that  so  he  might 
with  greater  probability  of  safety  guide  his  Majesty  to  the  Sea-side.  As 
soon  as  the  King  heard  this  message.  He  resolved  upon  his  Journey. 
Colonel  Wyndham  earnestly  petitions  his  Majesty,  that  he  might  wait 
on  him  to  the  shore  :  But  his  Majesty  gave  no  grant,  saying.  It  was  no 
way  necessary,  and  might  prove  very  inconvenient.  Upon  the  renew- 
ing his  request,  the  King  commanded  the  contrary,  but  sweetened  his 
denial  with  this  promise.  That  if  he  were  put  to  any  distress,  he  would 
retreat  to  l^rent. 

About  ten  next  morning  {October  the  sixth)  his  Majesty  took  leave 
of  the  old  Lady  Wyndham^  the  Colonels  Lady  &  Family,  not  omitting 
the  meanest  of  them  that  served  him.  But  to  the  good  old  Lady  he 
vouchsafed  more  than  an  ordinary  respect,  who  accounted  it  her  highest 
honour,  that  she  had  three  Sons  &  one  Grandchild  slain  in  the  defence 
of  the  Father,  and  that  she  her  self  in  her  old  age  had  been  instrumental 
in  the  protection  of  the  Son,  Both  Kings  of  England. 

Thus  his  Sacred  Majesty,  taking  Mrs  Juliana  Coningsby  behind 

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him,  attended  by  Colonel  Robert  Phelips,  and  i^eters,  bade  farewell  to 
Trent,  the  Ark  in  which  God  shutt  him  up,  when  the  Floods  of  Rebellion 
had  covered  the  face  of  his  Dominions.  Here  h  e  rested  Nineteen  days, 
to  give  his  faithful  Servants  time  to  work  his  deliverance :  And  the 
Almighty  crowned  their  endeavours  with  suc:ess,  that  his  Majesty 
might  live  to  appear  as  Glorious  in  his  Actions,  as  Couragious  in  his 
Sufferings. 


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The  Letter   of  William   Ellesdon  of 
Charmouth  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon 
concerning  the  adventures  of  Charles  II 
in  West  Dorset  on   September  22,  23 
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To  the  Right  Ho^-  Edward  Earle  Clarendon,  Lord 
ChanceloLof  England  &c 

Right  Honourable 

Humbly  considering  that  a  compleat  and  perfect  narration  of  the 
many  &  great  dangers  &  the  late  many  &  sigr.all  deliverances  wch  his 
Sacredd  Majesty  met  with  all  after  that  fatall  rout  at  Worcester  until 
his  Majesties  happy  arrival  at  that  porte  of  safety  at  wch  Allmighhty 
God,  his  gracious  &  mercifuU  Preserver  had  designed  for  him,  cannot 
but  be  very  acceptable  to  all  good  Christians  &  Loyall  hearts,  wch 
bemg  a  work  so  much  conducing  to  the  Glory  of  God  and  the  honors 
renowne  of  y!  most  most  dread  Soveraigne,  and  withall  observing  too 
great  defectiveness  in  those  narratives  upon  this  subject  that  I  have 
hitherto  seen  as  to  some  of  those  eminent  deliverances  which  God  was 
pleased  mercifully  to  voutchsafe  his  Majesty  in  the  west :  to  the  intent 
that  if  God  shall  stirre  up  the  heart  of  any  leaned  &  able  Historian  to 
give  a  true  &  full  account  of  those  remarkable  passages  of  Providence 
to  the  World,  1  may  contribute  my  Mite  to  such  a  noble  &  desirable 
undertaking;  I  have  now  (upon  presumptiDn  of  your  Lordships 
favourable  acceptance)  taken  upon  me  the  boJdnesse  to  present  unto 
your  Lordship  a  brief  account  of  those  memorable  passages  in  this 
kind  w<*  my  self  (having  been  an  Agent  in  ihem)  had  the  hono^  & 
happmesse  to  be  acquainted  wth.  The  wc^  yoL  Lordship  may  be 
pleased  to  take  as  followeth. 

After  that  his  Ma^i  disappointed  of  his  hopes  of  embarking  at 
Bristoll  (of  w±  yol  Lordship  may  inform  yoi  self  in  that  Account  w± 
a  person  of  Quality  hath  given  the  world  in  his  book  styld  the  History 
of  His  Sacred  Mat?  Charles  III  printed  at  London  Anno  1660  pag  125) 

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his  Majesty  desired  to  be  brought  some  miles  westward  to  the 
house  of  a  worthy  gent  whom  hee  knew  to  be  a  trusty  friend  & 
accordingly  his  Ma'l  being  conveyed  to  the  house  of  Colonell  Francis 
Wyndham  of  Trent  in  Som«i,  advice  was  had  about  preparation  of  a 
passage  for  his  Ma'L  in  some  Westerne  Port.  In  prosecution  of  w5^ 
myself  being  look't  upon  as  a  person  that  might  be  confided  in,  and  in 
a  capacity  of  giving  his  Ma*JLin  order  to  his  transportation  (having  not 
long  before  been  instrumentall  in  getting  safe  passage  for  Sir  John 
[now  Lord]  Berkly)  upon  or  about  the  i8!^  September  1651  the  afor- 
said  honourable  &  truly  Loyall  gent  Coll :  Francis  Wyndhame  came 
to  me  at  my  house  in  Lyme  (where  I  then  lived,  looking  upon  it  as 
some  protection  to  me  in  those  times  to  live  in  that  towne)  when  after 
some  other  discourse  had,  and  an  engageml'  to  secrecie  passed  betwixt 
us,  he  told  me  that  the  King  had  sent  him  to  me  Commanding  me  to 
procure  him  a  vessell  in  order  to  his  transportation  into  some  part  of 
France. 

Being  overjoyed  to  heare  that  my  Soveraign  was  soe  neare  me  (the 
Coll  had  informed  me  he  was)  &  even  ravisht  with  content  at  an 
opportunity  of  expressing  the  Loyalt}^  of  my  heart  to  his  Most 
Excellent  Ma*Z)  so  unexpectedly  presented  itself,  I  answered  that  I 
would  with  the  utmost  hazard  of  my  person  and  wtsoever  else  was 
deare  unto  me  (as  knowing  my  self  by  all  obligations,  both  sacred  & 
civill  thereunto  obliged)  strenously  endeavol  the  execution  of  Ma^il* 
both  just  &  reasonable  commands  in  this  particular  :  being  verily 
persuaded  that  either  God  would  preserve  me  from,  or  else  support  me 
in  and  under  any  sufferings  for  so  good  a  cause.  Accordingly  I 
immediatly  sent  one  to  the  Custom-house  to  make  enquiry  who  had 
entered  his  vessell  as  bound  for  France.  Newes  was  brought  me  that 
one  S.  L.  of  Charmouth  had  lately  entered  his  Barque,  and  intended  a 
speedy  voyage  to  S*  Mallo. 

Not  only  myself  but  also  Coll:  Wyndham  was  much  affected  with 
these  tidings,  having  first  told  him  that  I  had  an  interest  in  the  Master 

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(hee  being  my  Tenant)  and  that  hee  ever  had  the  repute  of  being  well 
affected  to  his  M.2H:  Upon  these  encouragemt  j  wee  (resolving  to  loose 
noe  time)  road  to  Charmouth  by  the  Sea-syde  to  conferre  with  the 
Master  w£^  way  I  the  rather  make  choice  of  that  in  y!  passage  thither 
I  might  show  the  Coll:  what  place  I  judged  n-ost  convenient  for  His 
Majesty  to  take  boat  in  (in  case  wee  could  work  the  master  to  a  comply- 
ance)  in  order  to  his  imbarquing,  and  indeed  a  tiore  commodious  place 
for  such  a  designe  could  hardly  be  found,  it  lying  upon  the  shoare  a 
Quarter  of  a  mile  from  any  house,  and  from  my  horse  or  foot  path. 
The  Coll :  being  fully  satisfyed  of  the  conven  ency  of  the  place,  wee 
rode  into  the  towne  and  immeiatly  sent  for  the  Master  who  being  very 
happily  at  home  presently  repaired  to  us  at  the  Inne. 

Friendly  saluations  and  some  endearing  coriplem!?  being  premised 
(and  a  name  that  was  not  his  owne  being  by  m  3  in  the  hearing  of  the 
master  given  to  the  Coll:  in  way  of  disguise)  ;  told  him  that  the  end 
of  our  sending  for  him  was  to  procure  passage  f  3r  a  friend  of  mine  and 
this  gentlemans  who  had  had  a  finger  in  the  pye  at  Worcester.  The 
man  being  startled  at  this  proposition  (as  apprehending  more  than 
ordinary  danger  in  such  an  undertaking)  we  \^ere  necessitated  to  use 
many  argum^  for  the  removall  of  his  feares^  wf^  were  so  happily 
managed  that  in  a  little  time  wee  saw  the  effect  of  them  by  his  chear- 
full  undertaking  the  businesse.  Wherefore  ai  ample  reward  being 
engaged  for  our  one  part  he  promised  speedilj  to  prepare  his  vessell, 
and  to  hale  her  out  of  the  cobb  the  munday  fol  owing,  and  about  mid- 
night send  his  boat  to  the  place  appointed  fo-  the  taking  in  of  the 
passenger,  and  then  immediatly  to  put  off  to  sea  (in  case  the  winds  were 
favourable).  Thus  far  we  were  aggreed,  and  in  all  our  discourse  there 
was  noe  enquiry  made  by  the  master,  nor  any  leist  intimation  given  by 
us  who  this  passenger  might  be,  v^hose  quality  we  purposed  concealed 
lest  the  hopes  of  gaining  -f  1000  (promised  :-eward  of  the  highest 
Treason)  might  prove  a  temptation  too  strong  for  the  master  to  grapple 


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Having  thus  farre  successfully  proceeded  in  our  businesse  we  re- 
turned to  Lyme.  The  next  day  (being  Friday)  Coll :  Wyndham  resolved 
on  returning  to  his  house  at  Trent  with  these  hopefuU  tidings  to  his 
Mall-  I  bore  him  company  part  of  his  journey,  and  chose  the  Land 
road  from  Lyme  to  Charmouth,  that  upon  the  top  of  a  hill  situate  in  our 
way  betwixt  these  two  townes,  upon  a  second  view  he  might  be  more 
perfectly  acquainted  with  the  way  that  leads  from  Charmouth  to  the  place 
appointed  for  his  Ma'J^lL  taking  boat,  it  being  judged  more  convenient 
upon  severall  accounts  that  the  Coll:  &  not  myself  should  be  his  Ma*-i£!  con- 
ductor thither.  Here  calling  to  mind  that  on  Monday  (the  day  appointed 
for  his  Ma^i!!  imbarquing)  a  Fayre  was  to  be  held  at  Lyme,  and  withall 
doubting  lest  upon  that  account  (through  the  nearnesse  of  the  place)  our 
Inne  in  Charmouth  might  be  filled  with  other  guests,  wee  sent  downe 
one  Harry  Peters  then  a  servant  of  ys  Colls  (who  yet  was  not  with  us 
there  the  day  before)  with  Instructions  by  the  earnest  of  five  shillings 
to  secure  the  2  best  roomes  in  the  Inne  ag*  his  MaH!i  cominge,  who  told 
the  hostesse  (to  take  off  all  suspicion)  this  fayre  tale :  that  there  was  a 
young  man  to  come  thither  next  Munday  that  had  stolen  a  gentlewoman 
to  marry  her  and  (fearing  lest  they  should  be  followed  &  hindered)  that 
he  desired  to  have  the  house  &  stables  at  liberty  to  depart  at  whatsoever 
houre  of  the  night  he  should  think  fittest. 

This  menage  being  performed,  roomes  made  sure  of  and  the 
serv!  returned,  1  then  shewed  Coll:  a  country  house  of  my  father's 
distant  both  from  Lyme  &  Charmouth  about  a  mile  &  half,  w^J!  (for  the 
privacy  of  it)  we  determined  should  be  the  place  whither  his  Ma!Z  with 
the  Lord  Wilmott,  who  then  waited  on  him,  should  repair  on  Munday 
next,  that  I  might  then  &  there  give  his  Ma!Z  a  further  account  of  what 
had  passed  in  the  interim  betwixt  myself  &  the  master. 

Now  being  abundantly  satisfyed  and  exhilerated  in  the  review  of 
the  happy  progresse  we  had  thus  far  made,  with  most  affectionate  em- 
braces the  noble  Coll:  and  myself  parted,  He  returning  to  his  house  to 
wait  upon  his  Ma^  &  myself  towards  mine  vigorously  to  prosecute 

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what  yet  remained  on  my  part  to  be  done  witi  the  master  in  order  to 
the  compleating  of  this  work  thus  happily  began.     In  the  performance 
of  w_  that  I  might  approve  myself  faythfuU,  I  the  same  day  &  the  day 
followmg,  and  also  on  the  Munday  after,  haviig  diligently  sought  out 
the  master  moved  &  pressed  him  soe  earnes.Iy  to  the  punctual!  per- 
formance of  his  passed  promise,  that  he  seened  discontented  at  my 
Importunity  as  betraying  in  me  a  suspicion  of  his  fidelity.     A  little  to 
allay  h,s  passion  I  told  him  1  was  assured  that  t,e  Gent  my  friend  would 
be  at  Charmouth  on  Munday,  and  that  if  he  were  not  then  ready  to 
teansport  him.  it  might  prove  an  undoing  bo.h  to  my  friend  &  me. 
Whereuppon  to  vindicate  himself  he  told  me  that  he  had  taken  in  his 
ballast,  that  he  had  victualled  himself  &  halec   out  his  vessell  to  the 
Cobbs  mouth  for  feare  of  being  beneaped,  because  the  tides  at  that  time 
were  at  the  lowest,  being  well  satisfyed  with  this  answer  I  left  him  (after 
that  I  had  given  him  instructions  how  to  prevent  any  jealousies  that 
might  anse  in  the  breasts  of  the  mariners  conc.rning  the  persons  to  be 
teansported)  and  immediatly  went  to  the  aforsaid  Country  house  of  my 

come^th'^T        f '?  '  ""  ""^  ^^"'^  ^'^'^''"^  ^"^  '  "-  '^e  firs' 
comer)  that  I  might  also  erect  a  blind  for  the  T.manfs  eyes  I  demanded 

withall  that  I  expected  2  or  3  friends,  who  promised  to  meete  me  there 
about  r  time  of  the  Carrier  passing  that  way 

His  answer  to  me  was  but  little  to  the  purpose.     But  in  half  an 
houre  after  my  arrivall  thither  came  the  King  wit^Mrs  Julian  Con  sby 
a  kinswoman  of  the  Colonells  who  rode  behind  him,  the  Lord  W.W 
Coll  Wyndham  &  his  man  Peters  attending  on  him.     After  Tyr 
coming  ,n  I  took  the  first  opportunity  to  acquaii.t  his  MaLv  of  wharhad 

fZiT^riTt  f  r  T'-'  ^^'-  ^°"-  wrndhamfd!  ;;t:;:^ 

me  thTt  all  tl    T  '"  ""  '''^'  ''"  '''  --*-  ^'^'^  -"-d 

me  that  all  things  were  ,n  a  readinesse  for  the  intended  voyage,  and 

men  ^^"°^'^-"S,.'°/J-*-t-- given  him)  he  had  possessedThe^ 
men  with  a  belief  that,  one  of  the  passengers  viz  Lord  Wilmott  was 


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a  merchant  by  name  Mr  Payne  &  the  other,  meaning  the  King,  was  his 
serv^     That  the  reason  of  Mr  Payne's  taking  ship  at  Charmouth  at 
such  an  unseasonable  hour,  and  not  at  Lyme,  was  because  that  being  a 
Town-Corporate  he  feared  an  Arrest,  his  Factor  at  S^  Mallo  having 
broken  him  in  the  estate  by  his  unfaithfulnesse  to  him,  and  that  there- 
fore he  was  necessitated  with  this  his  serl!  speedily  &  privately   to 
transport  himself  to  S?  Mallo  afor!^  in  order  to  the  recovery  of  such 
goods  of  his  as  by  his  sayd  Factor  were  detained  from  him,  the  sending  of 
w^  goods  at  severall  times  this  serx!  of  his  could  sufficiently  testify  & 
prove.     This  I  the  rather  acquainted  his  Ma»r  &  the  Lord  Wilmot  with, 
that  after  theyr  being  shipped  (the  more  to  confirme  the  mariners)  they 
might  drop  some  discourses  to  this  effect. 

His  MaL^  who  showed  his  approbation  of  what  I  had  done,  was 
graciously  pleased  as  a  testimony  of  his  Royall  favor  (w^J^  I  have  ever 
esteemed  as  a  Jewell  of  greatest  worth)  to  bestow  upon  me  a  piece  of 
gold,  telling  me  that  at  present  he  had  nothing  to  bestow  upon  me  but 
that  small  piece,  but  that  if  ever  it  should  please  God  to  restore  him  to 
his  Kingdom,  He  would  readily  grant  me  whatsoever  favor  I  might 

in  reason  petition  him  for. 

Upon  this  his  Ma!!'  attended  as  is  before  expressed,  rode  towards 
Charmouth,  commanding  me  to  hasten  to  Lyme  &  there  to  continue 
my  care  that  all  things  might  be  performed  according  to  his  Ma^ 
expectations  &  the  masters  promise.  Accordingly  1  made  hast  home, 
found  out  the  master,  acquainted  him  that  my  friend  was  now  at 
Charmouth,  and  that  I  newly  came  from  him.  He  replycd  that  he 
was  glad  of  it,  that  he  would  presently  repaire  to  Charmouth  to  speak 
with  him  and  to  tell  him  when  he  would  come  ashore  for  him,  which 

accordingly  he  did. 

And  thus  farre  all  things  succeeded  according  to  our  best  wishes, 
both  the  wind  &  tyde  seeming  to  be  at  strife  which  of  them  should 
most  comply  with  our  desyres.  But  after  all  these  fayre  hopes  and 
the  great  likelyhood  we  had  all  conceived  of  his  Ma^Jfl  happy  trans- 

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Er  \  ''""'  ""f  ^""^^^'^  ^^^  ^^  =^--  manifestation  of  his 
erv?  ^  glorious  wisdome  &  powerful]  goodness  in  his  Ma-  pre- 

ZZ\  'tf'  '°  '^"'  "^^  '"^^'^^'  ^^''  '^  -^^^  h-  Ma.  upon  a 
new  straite  &  dangers.  ^ 

For  the  master  either  through  weakn,  sse  of  judg«,/  or  else  in 
des^n  to  prevent  a  discovery  had  utterly  forborne  to  acquaint  hfwif 
with  his  mtenfon  to  goe  to  sea  untU  it  was  almost  time  for  him  to 
goe  aboard      Whereupon  he  noe  sooner  called  for  his  chest.  6^^; 
w.fe  asked  h.m  why  he  would  goe  to  sea  having  „o  goods  aboard 
The  master  now  thought  himself  necessitated   to  tell  her  that  his 
landlord  M.  Ellesdon  had  provided  h,m  a  freight  w^  would  beluch 
more  worth  to  him.  than  if  his  ship  were  ."ull  laden  with  goldTht 
Lv'me?  '"'"rr  Gent  a  friend  of  his.     His  wife  (having  been  a 
Lyme  Fa.er  that  day.  and  having  heard  the  proclamation  read  wherein 
^:c^  was  promised  as  a  Reward  for  the  dis:overy  of  the  Kinge.  and 

Ws  Ma.  '    ^"'"  f  :'"^  ^'^°  "^'  ^^P--'^''  '"«  should  co'n  eale 
h.s  Ma!?,  or  any  of  those  who  were  engaged  with  him  at  Worcester 
and  apprehendmge  that  this  Gent  might'bf  one  of  that  par^foS 
locked  the  doors  upon  him.  and  by  the  heb  of  her  L  dau^™  rt 

n  fbernd:    'f      "'  '^"'"^  "'■"  '"^^  ^"'^  ^  ''^  Children  wouU 

iat^f  he  HMK      T"  '  ''"'"°^'  °'  '''*'°  ^''  -'l  '"'"t-ed  him 

To  to  Lvmt?"'       :T  ''"'  °"'  °'  "'^'■^  '»>-  -"W  instantly 

Sml    M  ^T    .  °™'"""   '^^  "^  '"'»  &  h-   Landlord   to 

<-aptain    Macey.  who  had    then    the   command   of  »    f„„. 

there.     Here  the  master  showed  his  wLo    e.  not  a  MeTvTis 
peaceable  behavior,  for  had  he  striven  in  th,         !  '  ^ 

probable  that  his  Ma-r  &  his  At    nd-  Id  h  Z  ". "  """^  *"'" 

in  the  Inne.  ""^  ■"=*"  suddenly  seised  upon 

But  I  must  needs  awhUe  leave  the  master  ,  „,;«  •     ,.■ 

house,  his  wife  &  daughters  being  JJC^l  hT:!;:   wiri 

Peters,   at  the  time  appointed,   went   to  the   place  aggreed  upon  t^ 

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expect  the  landing  of  the  boat ;    but  no  boat  coming  after  severall 
houres  waiting  (because  he  saw  the  tide  was  spent)  he  resolves  upon 
returning  to  the  Inne.     In  his  way  thither  he  discovers  a  man  coming, 
dogg'd  at  a  small  distance  by  two  or  three  women.     This  indeed  was 
the  Master  of  the  Vessell,  who  by  this  tyme  had  obtained  liberty  (yet 
still  under  the  eyes  of  his  over  jealous  Keepers)  to  walk  towards  the 
Sea-side  with  an  intention  to  make  known  to  those  that  waited  for 
him  the  sad  tidings  of  this  unexpected  disappointment  together  with 
its  causes.     The  Collonel  (whom  they  met)  though  he  conceived  it 
might  be  the  master,  yet  being  not  certain  of  it  and  seeing  the  women 
at  his  heels,  passed  him  by,  without  enquiring  into  the  reason  of  the 
non  performance  of  his  promise. 

Your  Lordship  may  easily  guesse  that  this  frustration  of  hopes 
was  matter  of  trouble  as  well  as  admiration  to  his  Ma*!:     The  issue  of 
it  was  that  Peters  very  early  the  Tuesday-morning  was  sent  unto  me 
to  know  the  reason  of  it.     He  had  no  sooner  delivered  his  message, 
but  Astonishmt  seised  on  me,  and  the  foresight  of  those  sad  conse- 
quencies  w£!l  1  feared  might  be  the  fruits  of  this  disaster  wrought  in 
me  such  disquietmt  of  mind  that  (for  the  time)  1  think  I  scarcely 
sustained  a  like  upon  any  occasion  in  all  my  life  before,  my  confidence 
of  his  Ma^il'  safe  departure  adding  not  a  little  to  the  weight  of  that 
load  of  sorrow,  which  afterwards  lay  so  heavy  upon  me.     The  cause  I 
plainly  told  him  1  was  wholly  ignorant  of  (except  this  were  it,  that  in 
regard  it  was  fayer  day  the  master  might  not  be  able  effectually  to 
command  his  mariners  out  of  the  Ale-houses  to  their  work),  but 
promised  speedily  to  search  into  it,  and  upon  after  enquiry  I  found  it 
to  be  what  I  have  before  related. 

But  here  (because  1  apprehended  f.  delaies  might  prove  in- 
auspicious) I  presently  dismissed  the  messenger  with  this  my  humble 
advice  to  his  MaiZi  that  his  longer  stiy  in  Charmouth  might  indanger 
his  discovery  ;  which  had  certainly  proved  the  issue  of  it  had  not  God 
King  of  Kings  graciously  &   even  miraculously  prevented   it.     The 

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hostesse  of  the  house  little  thinking  whit  manner  of  guests  the 
chambers  before  spoken  of  had  been  secu-ed  for,  had  at  that  time 
admitted  to  be  her  Hostler  one  of  Captain  Maceys  souldiers  a 
notorious  Knave,  who  observing  &  taking  notice  that  the  CoU:  &  his 
man  went  out  so  late  at  night  towards  the  $ea-syde,  and  that  the  rest 
of  the  company  during  their  absence  were  rr  ore  private  then  travellers 
are  wont  to  be,  and  perhaps  inspired  &  prompted  by  the  devill 
strongly  suspected  one  of  these  guests  to  be  the  King  under  the 
disguize  of  a  womans  habit,  &  ceased  not  once  &  againe  to  discover 
his  jealousies  unto  his  mistresse. 

But  shee  (though  from  the  fellow's  words  &  the  consederation  of 
some  circumstances  which  that  night  &  some  clayes  before  had  occurred 
she  had  some  thoughts  that  it  might  be  so)  ytt  detesting  as  much  to' 
lodge  Treason  in  her  heart,  as  she  would  hive  been  proud  of  enter- 
taining the  King  in  her  house,  very  passiona  :ely  rebuked  her  Hostler 
for  these  insolencies,  hoping  by  that  means  to  put  a  stop  to  his  (as  she 
judged)  treasonable  projects. 

Yet  this  her  honest  design  wrought  not  the  intended  effect  upon 
this  the  heart  of  this  her  treacherous  servant.  For  the  same  morning 
whilst  Peters  was  with  me  at  Lyme  he  went  to  speak  with  the  then 
parson  of  Charmouth,  intendinge  to  comm  inicate  his  suspicions  to 
him,  found  no  opportunity  to  speak  with  him,  he  being  at  that  time 
engaged  in  prayer  with  his  family. 

Another  remarkable  passage  we  must  of  necessity  here  insist 
which  was  this  :  My  Lord  Wilmott's  horse  wanting  a  shooe,  in 
Peter  s,  his  absence,  the  Hostler  led  him  to  one  Hammets  a  smyth 
then  hving  in  Charmouth,  who  viewing  the  remaining  shooes,  sayd 
^is  horse  hath  but  three  shooes  on  and  the^  were  set  in  3  seveLi 
Counties  &  one  of  them  in  Worcestershire.  Which  speech  of  his 
fully  confirmed  the  Hostler  in  his  former  opinion. 

By  this  tyme  Harry  Peters  being  returned  from  Lyme,  my  Lord 
WiUmot  s   horse   shod,  on  the  advertisemt   that  was  sent  him,  his 

iti 


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Maj!?  immediately  departed  towards  Bridport  a  Towne  eastwarde  of 
Bridport  and  about  five  miles  distant  from  it. 

The  Hostler  now  that  the  Birds  had  taken  theyre  flight  began  to 
spread  his  net.  For  going  a  2^  time  to  the  parson  he  fully  discovered 
his  thoughts  to  him,  and  withall  told  him  wt  the  smyth  had  said  con- 
cerning my  Lord  Willmots  horse.  The  parson  hereupon  hastens  to 
yl  Inne,  and  salutes  the  hostesse  in  this  manner  Why !  how  now 
Margaret  you  are  a  maid  of  honor  now.  What  meane  you  by  that 
Ml  Parson  quoth  she.  Sayde  hee  Why  Charles  Stuart  lay  the  last 
night  at  yor  house  &  kirst  you  at  his  departure,  so  that  now  you  cant 
but  be  a  maid  of  honor.  The  woman  began  then  to  be  very  angry, 
and  told  him  he  was  a  scurvy-condition*d  man  to  go  about  to  bring 
her  &  her  house  into  trouble.  But  said  she  if  I  thought  it  was  the 
King  (as  you  say  it  was)  I  would  think  the  better  of  my  lips  all  dayes 
of  my  life.  And  so  Ml  Parson  get  you  out  of  my  house,  or  else  I'll 
get  those  shall  kick  you  out.  I  have  represented  this  discourse  in  the 
Interlocutors  own  words,  by  this  means  to  make  it  the  more  pleasant 

to  yor  Lordship. 

But  to  returne  to  the  maine  intendmt  of  this  my  Narrative,  I 
shall  (before  we  come  in  our  thoughts  to  attend  his  Ma^J  in  his 
jorney  eastwards)  humbly  begge  of  yor  LordE  this  favor  that  yor 
Lordship  would  here  be  pleased  seriously  to  admire  with  myself  the 
goodnesse  of  Allmighty  God  in  infatuating  this  Hostler  &  the  rest 
of  his  Ma»i!«  enemies  in  these  parts. 

First  of  all  parson  (being  not  a  little  nettled  at  the  rude  &  sharpe 
language  the  Hostess  gave  him)  taking  Hammet  the  smyth  along  with 
him  he  speedily  applyed  himself  to  the  next  Justice  of  the  peace,  to 
inform  him  of  the  forementioned  jealousies,  together  with  the  reasons 
of  them  and  earnestly  pressed  him  to  raise  the  County  by  his  warrants 
in  order  to  his  Ma^  apprehension.  But  he  (as  God  was  pleased  to 
order  it)  thinking  it  very  unlikely  that  the  King  should  be  in  these 
parts,  notwithstanding  all  the  parsonS  bawling  &  the  strong  prob- 

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abilities  upon  wch  theyre  Conjectures  seemed  to  be  grounded,  utterly 
rejected  his  counsaile,  fearing  lest  he  should  make  himself  ridiculous 
to  all  the  Countrey  by  such  an  undertaking. 

As  to  the  Hostler  his  imprudent  maniging  of  his  mischievous 
intention  discovered  itself  2  ways,  first  in  his  having  recourse  to  the 
parson,  whereas,  with  greater  likelyhood  of  successe  he  might  have 
taken  the  advise  &  assistance  of  his  fellow- souldiers,  three  whereof, 
being  very  desperate  enemies  to  his  Ma'J  were  at  that  time  In- 
habitants of  Charmouth  &  his  nearest  neighbours.  In  the  next 
place  his  egredgious  folly  was  further  manifested  in  his  delaying  to 
acquaint  his  Captain  at  Lyme  with  his  susp  cions  abovenamed  untill 
12  of  the  clock  that  day.  For  had  it  not  been  for  this  neglect  of 
his,  his  Ma!!£:  escape  would  have  been  (in  reason's  eye)  impossible, 
his  Captain  Macey  having  no  sooner  received  the  report  of  these 
surmizes,  and  Information,  on  wt  horses  &  in  wt  equipage,  wch  way 
the  persons  suspected  made  theyr  departure  from  Charmouth  ;  but, 
having  (in  all  liklyhood)  the  promised  Rewird  of  such  mischievous 
diligence  in  his  eye,  he  instantly  resolves  to  leave  no  means  un- 
attempted,  that  with  least  shad  owe  of  probability  might  conduce  to 
his  MaHl*  Attachmt. 

In  pursuance  of  which  Resolves  he  presently  mounts  &  Setting 
spurrs  to  his  horse  in  a  full  career  he  rides  towards  Bridport,  where, 
at  his  arrivell  after  little  inquiry  made  he  \7as  given  to  understand 
that  some  persons,  with  whom  the  descriptiois  he  had  received  most 
exactly  suited  had  dined  at  ye  George  that  day,  but  not  long  before 
his  cominge  were  departed  towards  Dorchest.jr.  This,  therefore,  was 
the  next  place  to  which  he  posted  (the  w  ngs  of  covetousness  & 
Ambition  nimbly  transporting  his  mind  then  it  was  possible  his  horse 
could  convey  his  body)  which  he  no  sooner  entered,  but  (as  if  he  had 
been  to  execute  some  warrant  for  the  apj)rehending  of  the  most 
notorious  felon  in  the  Kingdome)  with  the  utmost  hast  &  diligence 
imaginable,  he  searched  all  the  Inns  &  Ale-hcuses  in  the  town.     But 

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God  (who  had  given  him  no  commission  to  violate  Majesty)  was 
graciously  pleased  to  make  this  furious  hunter  to  overrunne  the  Game 
he  hunted  for.  Wherefore  dismissing  him  from  creating  any  further 
trouble  to  yor  Lordship  (whose  principles,  I  doubt,  rather  led  him  to 
the  heights  of  discontent  at  his  supposed  losse,  then  to  a  Christian 
observance  of  that  Divine  hand  of  providence  wch  was  no  eminently 
seen  in  the  preservation  Royall  Personage  wch  he  intended  to  make 
a  prey  of)  let  us  now  again  turne  to  his  Majesty. 

Who  in  his  passage  from  Charmouth  meeting  with  no  interrup- 
tion in  his  jorney,  soon  reached  Bridport.  Turning  in  at  the  George 
he  (to  the  astonishment  doubtlesse  both  of  himself  &  his  Attendants) 
found  himself  surrounded  by  his  enemies  ;  There  being  at  that  tyme 
in  the  said  Towne  divirs  foot-companies  drawen  together,  who  now 
designed  for  an  expedition  against  Jerzy.  But  being  as  yet  unsus- 
pected (lest  he  might  too  late  bewaile  the  sad  effects  of  delay),  after 
a  short  repast  (too  short  indeed  at  any  time  but  this  for  so  great  & 
Heroicall  a  Prince)  his  MaL^  left  this  Towne  going  on  the  way  that 
leads  towards  Dorchester.  In  wch  he  had  not  rid  past  half  a  mile, 
ere,  by  the  finger  of  Divine  Providence  he  was  directed  into  a  narrow 
lane,  on  the  left  hand  of  Dorchester  Road  :  By  wch  meanes  (though 
they  knew  not  whither  they  went)  they  were  that  evening  safely  con- 
ducted to  Broad-windsor  a  country  parish  some  six  miles  north  of 
Bridport.* 

They  very  fortunately  lighted  upon  an  Inne,  where  both  the  inn- 
holder  &  his  wife  were  well  known  to  Coll :  Wyndham,  they  having 
formerly  been  servants  to  some  of  his  Allies.  The  Coll :  being  confi- 
dent he  had  an  interest  in  them,  upon  the  account  of  his  former 
knowledge  of  them,  and  the  relation  they  sometimes  had  to  some  of 
his  kindred,  persons  of  no  mean  quality,  requested  that  hee  &  his  com- 
pany might  that  night  be  lodged  in  the  most  convenient  rooms  for 

*  This  is  the  clearest  and  most  precise  of  all  the  indications  of  Lee  Lane  as  the  scene  of 
the  "Miraculous  Divergence"  of  Tuesday,  September  23,  165 1. 


The  Letter  of  William  Ellesdon 

privacy  theyr  house  would  afford.  Telling  tliem  that  himself  &  his 
Brother  Colonel  Bullen  Reymes  (meaning  my  Lord  Willmot  who  very 
much  resembled  him)  had  transgrest  theyr  1  mits.  The  Royalists  at 
that  time  being  confined  with  5  miles  distance  from  their  homes.  This 
they  readily  condescended  to,  and  thereupon  led  them  to  the  upper- 
most chambers  in  their  house. 

Yet  here  the  face  of  danger  was  againe  discovered  to  them,  for 
they  had  not  been  housed  much  above  half  an  houre  &  before  a 
Company  of  Troopers  (to  the  number  of  4c)  came  thither,  with  an 
intention  to  quarter  in  this  &  other  houses  adjacent.  Which  accident 
might  in  all  likelyhood  have  proved  fatall  to  his  Ma'J  (the  Souldiers 
everywhere  about  that  time  being  proudly  in(|uisitive  into  the  names, 
qualities,  affairs  and  businesses  of  strangers)  had  not  God  in  his 
infinite  mercy  incapacitated  them  for  such  like  actings  here,  by  cutting 
out  work  of  another  nature  for  them.  For  having  a  woman  in  theyr 
company,  who  not  long  after  theyr  coming  th  ther  fell  in  travaile,  and 
was  delivered  of  a  child  :  the  Officers  &  other  inhabitants  of  the  said 
parish  (having  notice  thereof)  contested  so  lon|r  with  them,  about  free- 
ing their  parish  from  the  Burthen  of  its  miintenance,  till  sleep  & 
drouzynesse  had  rendered  theyr  heads  unfit  for  anything  but  theyr 
pillowes.  Upon  which  whilst  they  soundly  jlept,  his  Ma^J  together 
with  his  Attendants  arising  some  houers  before  day,  and  taking  the 
opportunity  of  that  time  of  silence  retired  themselves  undiscovered 
unto  Trent. 

Where  after  his  Ma!?  had  concealed  him  jelf  about  a  weeke  he 
departed  thence  to  one  Mistress  Hyde's  near  Salisbury.  What  after- 
wards passed  I  must  needs  leave  to  others  that  had  the  honor  to  know 
it,  being  myself  unable  to  spinne  the  thread  of  this  History  any 
longer. 

Thus  have  I  (Right  Honourable)  without  the  least  violation  of 
Truth's  Chastity  made  a  brief  Collection  of  thore  never  to  be  forgotten 
miracles  Providence  wrought  by  the  hands  ol'  Omnipotency  for  the 

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Conservation  of  his  most  Sacred  Mail  in  the  midst  of  the  many  Perills 
he  was  exposed  to  in  the  West  of  Dorset,  which  came  within  my 
Cognizance,  which  I  humbly  lay  (such  as  it  is)  at  yor  Lordships  feet, 
being  hereunto   prompted  upon  the  following  considerations.      First 
that  I   might  present  yor   Honor  with   some   new   matter  for  your 
meditations,  having   frequently  observed  yor  Lordship  to  be  much 
delighted   both   in  moving  &  also  in  hearinge  discourses  upon  this 
subjects.     Secondly  that  yor  Lordship  by  recounting  in  the  hearing  of 
others  these  Dei  Magnalia  may  quicken  &  excite  them  to  a  serious 
minding  &  due  improvement  of  the  Infinite  wisdome,  power  &  good- 
nesse  of  the  Most  Highe  God  (the  great  preserver  even  of  Kings) 
manifested  in  wt  hath  been  the  subject  matter  of  the  precedent  Narra- 
tive.    Lastly,  that  I  might  leave  in  yor  Honors  hands  some  monument 
of  my  reall  gratitude  for  the  many  Favors  yor  Lordship  hath  been 
pleased  to  conferre  on  me.     But  it  is  time  for  me  to  remember  what 
the  Poet  said  to  his  Augustus 

In  publica  commoda  peccem, 

Si  longo  sermone  mover  tua  tempora 

Lest,  therefore,  I  showld  offend  through  my  unseasonable  pro- 
lixity, having  first  with  all  submission  craved  yor  Lordships  Pardon  for 
this  my  great  Presumption  in  tendering  to  yor  Lordship  whom  the 
world  justly  esteems  so  absolute  a  Master  of  Speech,  such  a  rude  & 
unpolisht  Story,  I  shall  only  begg  the  honour  to  subscribe  myself. 

My  Lord 
Your  Lordships 
Most  humbly  devoted  servant 
Will :  Ellesdon  * 


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Captain  Gregory  Alford's  Narrative 

of  the  Adventures  of  Charles  II 

in  West  Dorset,*  September,  1651 

(Transcribed  from  the  MS.  in  the  Bodleim  Library) 


*  For  further  particulars  concerning  William  Ellesdon  see  Appendix  VIII,  pp.  295-6. 

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*  See  Historical  Introduction,  ante,  pp.  42-3,  and /<?//,  pp.  293-6 


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CAPT.  ALFORD'S   NARR/.TIVE.* 

The  Rt  Hono^i*=»  the  U  Keeper  of  the  great  S^al  of  England,  having 
desired  me  to  give  him  an  Acc^  of  what  I  knew  of  his  Ma*'«'» 
most  miraculous  Escape,  and  the  great  danger  he  passed  through 
after  he  came  from  Worcester,  do  here  do  it,  as  followeth. 

His  Ma''"    came   to    that  Loial   Gentlems.n's   House  S'  Francis 
Windham  at  Trent  in  the  County  of  Somerset  within  3   Miles  of 
Shirborn  :    And  being  there  his  Ma*'*  well  kno\K  ing  the  trust  he  might 
repose  in  Coll.  Giles  Strangwaies,  sent  S""  Francis  Windham  to  consult 
w»^  him,  as  to  his  preservacion,  &  Escape  ;  and  to  desire  him  to  send 
him  what  Money  he  could.     The  said  Coll'f  Fa:her  being  then  living, 
he  had  no  great  Command  of  money ;  and  for   Reasons   then  best 
known  to  himself,  would  not  communicate  such  a  Secret  to  his  Father ; 
but  readily  fetch'd   loo^'-  in  Gold  (protesting,  it  was  all  he  had)  & 
deliver'd  it  to   S'  Francis  Windham.     They  then   consulted  of  the 
safest  way  for  his  Ma^i''»  Imbarkacion  ;  &  thought,  that  about  Lime 
there  might  be  some  convenient  place,  if  they  :ould  find  a  fitt  man, 
that  might  be  trusted.     Then  the  Coll.  advis'd,  that  one  Capt.  Alford,' 
whom  his  Ma^^^  well  knew,  might  be  a  fitt  Person  to  be  entrusted; 
or  if  he  were  not  to  be  found,  then  he  knew  of  no  other,  but  one 
M^  W-   Ellesdon,  that  liv'd  in  Lime.     So  oie  Peters,  a  Serv»   to 
S^  Francis  Windham,  was  sent  to  find  out  Capt.  Alford  ;  who  was  then 
in   Portugal,  forced  to  be  abroad  by  reason  of   his   Loialty.      But 
Ellesdon  was  at  home,  being  newly  married  to  a  very  rich,  but  rigid 
Presbyterian. 

Therefore  S'  Francis  Windham  went,  and  conferred  w*  Ellesdon, 

*  [MS.  Tanner  54.] 
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for  the  Transporting  (as  he  said)  beyond  the  Sea  of  2.  Gent,  and  desir'd 
him  to  fraight  some  Bark  for  that  purpose.  Mr.  EUesdon  address'd 
himself  to  one  Stephen  Limbry,  who  was  Master  of  a  small  Vessell  of 
about  30  Tunns  ;  *  to  whom  he  declar'd,  that  there  were  2  Gent.,  that 
desir'd  passage  into  any  part  of  France  ;  the  one  whereof  having 
married  a  great  Fortune  was  troubled  by  her  Father,  &  Friends  ;  and 
so  they  would  go  into  France  for  some  time.  They  treated  on  the 
Conditions  ;  w<^  were,  that  whereas  Limbry  was  then  bound  for 
St.  Malo's,  he  should  put  out  those  Goods,  w^  he  had  on  Board,  and 
should  Ballast  his  Ship  at  M'  EUesdon's  Cost  :  who  promis'd  the  said 
M'  to  give  him  25^'-  in  hand,  and  an  Obligacion  to  pay  him  25^'-  more, 
when  he  should  bring  him  a  Note,  or  Letter  that  he  had  safely  landed 
them  in  any  part  of  France. 

This  Agreem'  being  made,  the  M'  fitted  out  his   Ship  ;  of  w*=^ 
Notice  was  given  to  S""  Francis  Windham  :  who  w^  the  King  came  to 
a  small  House  belonging  to  M'  EUesdon's  Brother,  who  was  a  Violent 
Oliverian,  about  2  miles  from  Lime,  where  he  gave  an  Ace*  of  what  was 
done  as  to  the  fraighting  the  Ship.     So  Ellesdon  went  for  Lime,  & 
told  the  M^t  that  the  Gentlemen  were  come;  and  that  they  would  be 
at  Charmouth  at  5  of  the  clock  that  day  ;  &  that  he  should  not  fail 
to  be  there  at  that  time  to  meet  him,  &  he  would  there  pay  him  the 
25",  and  give  him  his  Security  for  his  other  25".     But  the  Master  de- 
manding his  charges  in  Ballasting  his  Ship,  w^^  ^as  but  9'.    Ellesdon 
refused  to  pay  it,  for  w^  the  M^  was  discontented.     Yet  his  Dwelling 
being  at  Charmouth,  he  fail'd  not  to  be  there,  &  came  several  times 
to  the  House,  where  the  Gentlemen  were  (w^*^  the  Lady  M"  Coningsby, 
who  is  now  M^  Hixt's  wife,)  and  demanded  of  the  people  of  the 
House,  if  M'  Ellesdon  were  come.     The  King  spake  w^^^  the  MS  who 
assur'd  him  his  Ship  was  ready  ;    but  still  he  lingred,  to  see  when 
M^  Ellesdon  would  come  to  fullfill  his  Agreem*:  and  it  being  very  late 
at  night,  and  the  M^  finding,  that  M^  Ellesdon  came  not,  nor  had  J  he 

*  (f.  i'')  t  Limbry,  master  of  the  vessel.  t  (f-  *) 

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paid,  nor  ever  did,  nor  any  other  for  him  one  penny  of  y«  money  ;  the 
M^  retir'd  to  his  own  House,  after  he  had  b(  en  there  3  times,  and 
never  came  again  to  the  King.* 

So  his  Ma''^  finding  himself  to  be  deluded,  was  now  to  consult  his 
farther  preservacion.  Command  was  given,  thiit  their  Horses  should 
be  made  ready  :  but  it  was  found,  that  the  Kirg's  Horse,  w^»^  carried 
double  had  a  Shoo  loose.  So  a  Smith  was  sent  for;  who  came, 
&  looking  over  the  Shoes  of  all  the  Horses,  said  he  knew,  that  all 
those  Horses  had  been  shodd  about  Worcester.  Yet  he  fastened 
the  Shoos,  &  presently  went  to  consult  w'*^  one  Westley,  the 
Parson  of  Charmouth,  a  rigid,  foolish  Presbyterian  ;  who'  was 
then  in  a  long-winded  Praier,  &  before  he  hid  done  the  King  was 
gone  towards  Bridport  :  Intelligence  being  carried  into  Lime  (w^i^  is 
a  Mile,  &  half  from  Charmouth)  but  by  what  means  it's  not 
known.  Hereupon  10,  or  12  Troopers  weie  dispatch'd  away  to 
pursue  them. 

The  King  stopp'd  at  the  red-Lion-Inn  f  ir  Bridport.     My  Lord 
Wilmot,  &  S^  Francis  Windham  went  up  into  i.  Room,  w^  the  Lady 
as  Masters  :  The  Groom  (who  was  the  King)  t  ley  had  left  to  see  the 
Horses  well  rub'd.     They  commanded  a  Shoulder  of  Mutton  to  be 
made  ready.     The  Ostler  took  great  notice  of  the  pretended  Groom  ; 
and  told  him  he  was  formerly  a  Souldier  for  the  King  in  Exon,  & 
cursed  the  Parlamt  Souldiers,  that  were  then  in  tie  House;  still  ur^ng 
on  the  King,  that  he  had  seen  him  in  Exon  :  In  .omuch  that  the  King 
was  forc'd  to  call  to  mind,  where  he  lodged  in  Exon,  &  told  him 
that  he  had  liv'd  in  Exon  w^h  one  Mr  George  Potter,  &  had  been  his 
Groom.     The  Ostler  replied,  that  he  knew  wel   Mr.  Potter,  &  Capt 
Alford,  that  married  Mr  Potters  Daughter.     Sc,  on  this  Acquaintance 
the  Canns  were  called  for,  &  they  drank  lovinglj  together.     In  a  short 
time,  the  Mutton  being  ready,  the  King  was  call  d  up  ;  who  made  hast 

♦  This  sutement  is  in  direct  contradiction  to  that  of  EUesdon  and  others. 
T  According  to  aU  other  authorities  the  inn  was  the  «  George." 

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to  eat,  (the  Door  being  Shutt)  and  so  went  again  to  fitt  the  Horses, 
whilst  they  did  eat. 

*  They  took  Care,  the  House  being  full  of  Souldiers,  to  be  serv'd 
by  an  old  Woman,  to  whom  they  gave  the  rest  of  y«  Mutton  :  who 
took  out  the  pan  of  the  closestool  to  hide  it  under.  They  made  hast 
to  take  horse,  &  ride  away  on  London-Road  a  little  way  ;  but  at  the 
first  turning  on  the  left  handf  they  left  that  Road,  &  went  by-waies  to 
Broadwindsor,  w<=^  was  clear  back  again. 

In  the  Evening  they  came  to  the  George  Inn  there,  w<=^  was  well 
known  to  S^  Francis  Windham.  But  it  hapned,  that  the  House  was 
full  of  Souldiers ;  So  that  there  was  but  a  little  top-Chamber,  that  could 
be  had  for  y<=  King,  and  his  Company,  &  but  one  Bed.  It  fell  out 
that  night,  that  a  woman  in  the  House  fell  in  Travail;  So  that  the 
Troopers  were  forc'd  to  go  to  other  Houses.  So  his  Ma^'«  took  Horse 
in  the  Morning,  w*^  the  Gentlewoman  behind  him,  &  arriv'd  safe  at 
S'  Francis  Windham's  at  Trent. 

His  Ma*'«  had  not  been  gone  out  at  Bridport  a  quarter  of  an  hour, 
before  the  12  Troopers  from  Lime  were  come  to  pursue  those  Gentle- 
men, that  had  lain  at  Charmouth.  They  made  inquiry  at  the  Inn; 
where  they  were  inform'd,  that  the  said  Gentlemen  were  gone  down  the 
Town  on  London-Road.  So  they  made  great  Speed  after  them,  & 
never  stop'd  till  they  came  to  Dorchesner ;  not  thinking,  they  had  made 
such  a  Turning-back. 

M^  Ellesdon  finding,  that  the  King  was  gone,  &  that  y«  Lime- 
Troopers  were  returned  took  horse  himself,  &  being  half  a  Mile  from 
the  Town  of  Lime,  mett  w*^  one  M^  Tho.  Taylor,  whom  he  desir'd  to 
go  w^^  him;  telling  him,  that  there  was  looo^'  to  be  gott  for  whoever 
should  take  the  King,  &  he  knew  where  he  was:  But  the  said 
M*^  Taylor  refused  to  go  w*^  him,  saying,  he  would  not  do  it,  if 
it  were  to  gain  the  world.  So  M^  Ellesdon  went  forwards,  & 
came  to  S'  Hugh  Windham's  House  at  Pilsdon,  5  Miles  from  Lime. 

♦  (f.  2**)  t  Lee  Lane. 

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&  2  from  Broadwindsor,  thinking  the  King  had  been  *  there  He 
went  m  boldly,  &  ask'd  S'  Hugh  Windham  for  y  King.  S'  Hugh 
rephed  to  him,  that  he  was  a  base  FeUow,  to  come  to  his  House  to  alk 
for  the  Kmg,  &  Commanded  him  out  of  his  House. 

The  said  Ellesdon  was  gone  but  a  little  time,  before  y«  Lime- 
Troopers,  w't  had  pursued  the  King  before  fron  Bridport,  were  come 
into  the  House  of  S'  Hugh  Windham,  &  made  diligent  Search; 
they  did  not  spare  the  young  Ladies,  as  S'  l^rancis  Windham  hath 
sa>d :  and  the  Gent,  that  since  married  M"  Coni  igsby,  both  living,  hath 
affirm  d  that  he  hath  often  heard  his  wife  say,  what  is  above  inserted  of 
what  past  at  S'  Hugh  Windham's:  for  she  was  told  it  after  the  King's 
Escape  by  S'  Hugh,  &  the  Ladies,  that  were  soused  by  the  Troopers 

Limbry,  the  Master,  hath  depos'd  before  a  M'  in  Chancerv 
s.nce  his  Ma.i='.  happy  Return)  in  the  presence  of  several  persons  now 
living,  that  directly,  nor  indirectly  he  never  received  one  penny  of 
Money  of  M'  Ellesdon,  nor  of  any  other  on  r  aforesaid  Contract :  but 
that  he  had  earned  away  the  Gentlemen  (so  call'd;  had  he  had  the  money 
agreed  for,  w-  he  was  to  have  received  at  Charmouth;  &  that  whatever 
hath  been  sett  forth  to  the  contrary  was  notoriously  false,  and  laid  the 
blame  wholly  upon  M'  Ellesdon,  for  not  comn,ing  to  Charmouth  to 
perform  y  Agreem'  made  w*  him.t 

*  (f-  3) 

t  For  fiirther  particulars  concerning  Gresonr  Alforrf    M.«n,-  „f  i  •       <r^ 

1685,  s«  Appendix  VIII,  pp.  ,93_6.  ^^  ^  "''""  "^  L>™'  ■"  •S'SS  and 


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Mr.   Robert  Phelipps's 

Narrative  of  the  Occurrences 

between  September  i^  and 

October  15,  1651 

(From  the  original  MS.  in  the  Bodleian  Library) 


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MR  ROBERT  PHELIPPS'S*  ACCOUNT  OF  KING 

CHARLE'S   LEAVING  TRENT  FOR 

BRIGHTHELMSTOI^E  t 

On  Thursday  y«  25th  of  Sept:  1651. 

Y*  then  Lord  Wilmot  afterward  Earle  of  Rochester  was  sent  by 
his  Majestic  from  Trent  in  Sommersetshire  > «  house  of  Coll.  Francis 
Wyndham  to  Salisbury  to  M^  John  Couentry  and  Coll.  Robert 
Phelipps  vpon  notice  giuen  by  M""  Edward  Hyde  brother  in  law  to 
Coll:  Fra:  Windham  that  he  had  y«  day  before  senn  his  father 
Phelipps  (for  soe  he  vsually  called  him)  at  Salisbury  returned  to  his 
family  and  was  permitted  by  y=  Committee  tD  remaine  soe,  y"=  vnfor- 
tunat  bussiness  of  Worcester  hauing  quieted  their  feares  and  iealosies. 
My  Lord  first  came  in  y«  euening  to  M^  Couentry  who  sent  presently 
for  Coll.  Phelipps  in  y»  interim  my  Lord  had  discoursed  his  errand 
with  M'  Couentry.  When  y«  Coll:  [sic  MS.]  came  and  my  Lord  and 
he  had  saluted  M'  Couentry  said  I  will  goe  into  y«  next  room  and 
take  a  pipe  of  tobaco  and  leaue  you  together  for  a  while.  Then  my 
Lord  asked  y^  Coll:  whether  he  could  helpe  a  gentleman  in  distress 
out  of  y«  kingdom.  Y«  Coll.  answered  he  WDuld  willingly  giue  him 
the  best  directions  he  could  being  a  duty  one  Gentleman  owed  another 

♦  The  name  of  the  well-known  family  to  which  Rotiert  Phelipps  belonged  is  now 
spelled  Phelips.  In  Foster's  J/umni  Oxon.  the  name  of  Robert  Phelipps  is  given  as  above, 
but  by  Gardiner  as  Phelippes.  Robert  Phelipps  of  Montacute  was  born  5  February,  161 8, 
and  died  2 1  June,  1707,  and  was  buried  in  Bath  Abbey.  H  e  was  Chancellor  of  the  Duchy 
of  Lancaster.  His  name  does  not  occur  amongst  the  propoied  Knights  of  the  Royal  Oak, 
but  that  of  his  brother  Edward  does,  along  with  that  of  Colonel  Humphrey  Bishop  of 
Chi  combe,  Bndport.  Robert  Phelipps  was  admitted  as  a  >-eUow  Commoner  at  Wadham 
College,  1633  (Somerset),  and  matriculated  24  October,  1634.  He  is  described  as  the  son  of 
Robert  Phelipps  of  Montacute,  Kt.,  aged  fifteen.  He  graduated  B.A.  15  February,  1636/7. 
He  resided  in  the  Middle  Chapel  Chamber.  He  became  a  barrister  of  the  Inner  Temple  in 
1661,  was  M.P.  for  Stockbridge  1661-78,  and  for  Andover  i68«;-7. 

t  [MS.  Eng.  Hist.  c.  SI.]  ^   ' 


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but  was  cold  enough,  (hauing  vnderstood  y'  the  Lord  had  too  warmly 
ingaged  with  Argueles  faction   in   Scotland)  which   y'  Lord  quickly 
perceiued,  and  then  told  him,  I  am  commanded  to  be  free  with  you, 
and  to  let  you  know  y*  y^  King  is  at  Trent  and  knows  not  how  to 
dispose  of  him  selfe,  he  will  committ  himselfe  to  you  to  provide  for 
his  securitie,  at  which  the  Coll:  was  amazed  and  could  not  vndertake 
soe  hazardous  a  promise  without  great  apprehensions  of  what  might 
not  only  possibly  but  probably  (as  things  then  stood)  vnfortunatly 
fall   out,  but  considering   it  was  a  riske  which  must  be  vndertaken 
(fol.  4)     or  y«  *  King  be  lost,  he  told  y^  Lord  he  would  vndertake  it  assuring 
him  y   if  y'  King  miscaried  in  his  hands  the  willing  sacrificing  of  his 
owne  life  shuld  beare  testimonie  to  his  truth  and  sinceritie.     So  the 
discourse  being  ended  M^  Couentrye  came  in  and  said  Well  gentle- 
men are  you  agreed  twas  answered  yeas,  and  after  some  discourse 
of  y«  Scoth  affaires  M'  Cou:  and  y«  Coll:  bid  y«  Lord  good  night; 
and  early  in   y  morning  the    Coll:    went   to    Southampton    to   one 
M'  Home  a  marchant  in  y«  towne  who  was  a  very  good  acquaint- 
ance of  y^  Coll:  but  he  being  out  of  towne  and  intending  to  bee  at 
home  y»  next  day  y  Coll:  left  a  letter  for  him  importing  y^  he  had 
earnest  bussiness  to  speake  with  him,  and  was  only  gonn  to  Coll. 
S^  Barbes  6  miles  from  Southampton  whither  he  desired  him  to  come 
to  him   y«   next  day  if  he  came   home   time   enough.      M"^   Home 
returning  home  early  next  morning  was  soe  freindly  as  presently  to 
come  to  Coll.  S*  Barbs  and  found  them  at  dinner  ;  after  they  had 
dined.    Coll.    Phelipps   and    M'   Home   walked   into  y«  garden  and 
ye  Coll.  hauing  acquainted  him  y*  he  had  occasion  of  a  barke  to  cary 
himselfe  and  a  friend  or  two  into  France,   he  after  some   pa[use  ?] 
answered  there  is  such  a  man  who  is  now  at  home  and  his  barke,  soe 
honest  a  fellow  y*  I  would  trust  ten  thousand  liues,  if  I  were  master 
of  as  many,  in  his  hands  ;  and  I  will  make  hast  home  and  speake 
with  him,  then  said  y^  Coll:  doe  not  only  speake  with  him  but  come 
to    some   agreement   with    him.      M'   Home   answered    I    will   and 

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because  I  would  not  haue  you  appeare  soe  much  in  y^  towne  I  will 
bring  him  to  you  to  morrow  by  3  of  y'  clock  in  y*  afternoone  to 
Redbridge  next  day  being  Sunday  y^  Coll:  meet  M'  Home  and  the 
master  of  y=  Barke  at  y^  time  and  place  ap  pointed,  where  M'  Home 
quickly  stroke  vppe  y^  bargaine  betweene  y*'  Coll:  and  y^  master  of 
y*^  Barke,  which  was  40^^  his  barke  was  on  shoare  and  soe  he  desired 
some  mony  in  hand  to  prouide  his  vessell  men,  and  prouisions, 
y*  Coll:  gaue  him  20^*-  M""  Home  was  to  pretend  he  imployed  him 
into  France  and  [t]he  master  was  to  proiide  a  boat  to  bring  his 
freight  from  y^  new  forrest  aboard  his  barke  ....  ing  to  fall 
down  ....  between  *Southampton  and  Calshott  castle  on  Wensday 
ye  Coll:  promised  to  returne  to  see  whether  all  things  were  ready,  as 
he  promised  they  shuld  [be],  but  such  was  y^  sad  euent  of  this  essay 
y*  at  y*  CoUonels  returne  on  Wendesday  he  found  y^  barke  pressed 
to  carry  prouisions  to  y^  fleet  which  then  lay  against  Jersey  vnder 
ye  command  of  Gen:  Blake  then  y^  Coll.  tiought  it  vnsafe  to  make 
any  new  attempts  there  and  soe  returned  againe  to  Salisbury,  where 
vpon  aduise  with  M"^  Couentrye  and  D"^  H";nchman,  after  Bishopp  of 
London,  twas  resolued  to  attempt  y*  Sussex:  coast,  and  to  y'  purpose 
ye  Coll:  proposed  to  make  vse  of  the  in:erest  of  his  good  freind 
ye  faythfuU  and  Loyall  Coll.  Gunter,  who  lued  nere  Chichester  and 
twas  approued  Coll.  Gunter  being  well  cnowen  to  the  reuerend 
Doctor,  whervpon  Coll.  Phelipps  writes  his  letter  to  Coll.  Gunter, 
and  dispatched  it  to  him  by  one  M"^  Hycie  a  Loyall  minister,  [sic 
MS.]  and  in  ye  interim  whilest  Coll.  Gunter  was  acting  his  part  to 
prouide  ye  vessell  Coll.  Phelipps  went  d^wne  to  Trent  to  bring 
ye  King  from  thence  whither  he  came  on  p-e  fifth  of  October  being 
Sunday  and  next  morning  ye  King  M'*  Ccnisby  (who  formerly  rid 
behind  his  Majestic  to  Lyme)  Henry  Peeten;  Coll.  Wyndhams  seruant 
went  with  ye  Coll.  toward  Salisbury,  ye  Coll.  knowing  all  y^  country 
perfectly  well  brought  them  in  such  priua:  ways  y*  they  came  nere 
very  few  houses,  only  the  King  being  hungry  would  needs  goe  into 

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Meere*  (which  could  haue  bin  left  on  y^  left  hand)  and  there  at  a  true 
loyall  Inkeepers  they  dined,  and  after  dinner  y*  Coll:  conducted  them 

*  I  am  enabled  to  add  some  new  details  as  to  the  presence  of  Charies  II  at  the  George 
Inn  at  Mere  m  the  afternoon  of  Monday,  October  6,  1651.  In  Lawrence  Echard's  History  of 
Englariii  ^reserycd  in  the  library  attached  to  the  ancient  and  particularly  interesting  parish  church 
at  Mere  we  are  told  that : — "  The  Travellers  about  Noon  arrived  at  Mere,  a  little  Market 
Town  in  Wiltshire,  and  dined  at  the  George  Inn,  the  Keeper  of  which  was  known  by  the 
Colonel  to  be  faithful.  He  sat  at  the  Table  with  the  King,  and  discoursing  with  the  Colonel 
told  him  the  News.  'That  he  heard  the  Men  cf  Westminster,  notwithstanding  their 
Victory  at  Worcester,  were  in  a  great  Maze  not  knowing  what  had  become  of  the  King ;  but 
the  most  received  opinion  was,  that  he  was  come  in  Disguise  to  London,  and  many  Houses 
had  been  searched  for  him  there,'  at  which  his  Majesty  was  observed  to  smile.  After 
Dinner  he  familiarly  asked  the  King,  *  If  he  were  a  friend  to  Caesar  ? '  to  which  his  Majesty 
answering  *  Yes,'  then  said  he,  *  Here  is  a  Health  to  King  Charles '  in  a  Glass  of  Wine  ; 
which  his  Majesty  and  the  Colonel  both  pledged  ;  and  so  taking  Horse,  at  Night  they  arrived 
at  Hele." 

The  George  Inn  has  undergone  little  material  change  in  its  internal  arrangements  since 
165  I,  although  a  few  years  ago  the  old  sign  was  very  unfortunately  changed  to  that  of  the 
«  Talbot."     Mr.  T.  H.  Baker,  whose  "Notes  on  the  History  of  Mere  "  are  unusually  valu- 
able, gives  me  the  followbg  information  concerning  Christopher  Phillips,  the  genial  host  of  the 
"  George,"  who  proved  so  loyal  a  "friend  to  Caesar."    The  name  of  Phillipps  first  appears  in 
the  Churchwardens'  Accounts  of  1636  as  purchasing  a  seat  in  the  church.     From  that  time 
he  was  privileged  to  provide  the  wine  for  the  Visitatic>n  dinners.     In  a  survey  of  the  Dean  s 
property  in  1 640  Christopher  Phillips  is  the  tenant  of  the  "  George  "  and  the  land  still  let 
with  it.      Entries  of  payments  to   Phillips  for  the  bread  and  wine  used  for  sacramental 
purposes  are  of  frequent  occiirrence.     Six  of  the  children  of  Christopher  and  Sarah  Phillips 
were  baptized  at  Mere   from    1639,  and  two  of  them  were  buried  there.     Christopher 
Phillips  was  buried  at  Mere  on  26  May,   1664,  and  his  widow  died  twelve  years  later. 
Although  mine  host  of  the  "  George  "  survived  the  Restoration,  he  does  not  seem  to  have 
clamoured  for  or  received  any  personal  reward  for  his  loyalty  in  165 1.     But  Mere  does  not 
seem  to  hate  been  altogether  forgotten  by  the  "  Merry  Monarch."     On  August  25,  1828,  the 
SaRsbury  and  Winchester  Journal  informed  its  readers  that : — "  On  Sunday  last  the  town  and 
vicinity  of  Mere  experienced  a  great  treat  by  several  merry  peals  from  the  Church  bells,  in 
consequence  of  the  arrival,  on  the  Friday  previous,  of  a  new  bell  cast  by  Mr.  Kingstone,  bell- 
founder,  of  Bridgwater  ;    and  it  is  confidently  hoj)ed  that  under  the  superintendence  of 
Mr.  Hayter,  organist,  Mere  will  revive  in  the  art  of  bell-ringing,  for  which  they  were  formerly 
80  famous.     One  of  the  bells  bears  the  date  of  1670,  and  it  is  generally  supposed  to  have 
been  presented  to  the  inhabitants  on  the  restoration  of  Charles  II  for  their  loyalty  to  their 
lawful,  much  beloved,  though  unfortunate  Sovereign,  who  concealed  himself  about  this  part  of 
the  country,  and  frequently  honoured  Mere  with  his  royal  presence,  though  then  deprived  of 
its  externals."     On  October  6,  191 1,  the  present  Vi:ar  of  Mere,  the  Rev.  F.  E.  Trotman, 
presided  at  a  luncheon  given  at  the  "  George  "  on  the  occasion  of  the  unveiling  of  a  tablet 

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a  priuate  way  to  Heale  3  myles  distant  from  Salisbury  y^  house  of 
y»  widdow  Hyde  a  worthy  discreet  Loyall  Lady  whether  D^-  Hench- 
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recording  the  presence  there  of  Charles  II  on  the  same  diy  and  hour  b  1651.  Two 
enormous  seventeenth-century  spits  were  found  suspended  over  the  broad  fire-place  of  the 
kitchen.  In  ail  probability  they  are  8urvi>'or8  of  the  Caroltan  fiimiture.  On  October  6, 
191 1,  the  bell  of  1670  was  duly  rung  as  a  part  of  a  magnifictnt  peal. 

♦  Humphrey  Henchman  (i  592-1675)  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Henchman,  of  London, 
skinner,  a  native  of  Wellingborough,  Northamptonshire.     There  is  some  doubt  as  to  the 
exact  place  of  his  birth,  but  he  was  educated  at  Clare  Hdl,  Cambridge,  and  became  a 
Fellow  of  his  college.     In  1622  he  was  made  «  chanter"  of  Salisbury,  and  in  1628  pre- 
bendary of  South  Grantham  in  the  same  cathedral.      It  setms  probable  that  in   1641  he 
held  the  rectory  of  Portland,  Dorset,  for  the  only  other  ;  Humphrey  Henchman    whose 
name  appears  in  the  family  tree  is  obviously  of  a  later  date.     The  devotedness  with  which 
he  endeavoured  to  assist  the  escape  of  Charles  II  in  October,  165 1,  is  attested  both  in  the 
accounts  of  Anne  Wyndham  and  Robert  Phelipps.     We  hear  little  of  him  between  that  date 
and  October  28,  1660,  when  he  was  consecrated  Bishop  of  Salisbury.     Three  years  later  he 
succeeded  Sheldon  as  Bishop  of  London.     He  was  also  mad  *  King's  Almoner  and  a  Privy 
Councillor.     He  died  at  London  House,  Aldersgate  Street,  October  7,   1675,  and  was 
buried  in  Fulham  Church,  where  no  other  Bishop  of  London  is  interred.     Thirty  years 
later  Bowack  wrote  that  "so  great  is  the  Veneration  they  hav.-  for  his  Memory,  that  several 
who  knew  him  cannot  Mention  his  Name,  even  now,  without  unusual  Concern."     He  held 
the  see  of  London  during  both  the  Great  Plague  and  the  Great  Fire.     The  latter  destroyed 
London  House,  and  Dr  Henchman  defrayed  the  cost  of  the  new  chapel.     The  death  of 
Bishop  Henchman  is  thus  recorded  in  the  register;  "1675.     Humphrey  Henchman,  Lord 
Bishop  of  London,  departed  this  life  at  his  house  in  Aldersgj  te  Street,  London,  on  the  7th 
day  of  October,  and  lyes  buried  in  the  south  He  of  Fulham  Church  under  a  black  marable 
stone,  bu:  13  Oct."    On  the  demolition  of  the  old  church  in  H80  the  monument,  which  had 
disappeared  since  1795,  although  surrounded  by  an  ♦^iron  pal  sado,"  was  discovered.     The 
Latin  inscription  on  it  may  be  thus  translated  :— "  Sacred  to  P  ous  Memory,  In  assured  hope 
of  the  Resurrection,  here  lie  the  remams  of  Humphrey  Henchman,  Bishop  of  London, 
venerable  alike  for  his  gravity  and  for  his  pastoral  clemency  (legible  in  his  very  countenance), 
and  also  for  the  sanctity  of  his  life.     He  was  of  weD-trie<l  constancy  to  the  oppressed 
Church,  of  sbgular  loyalty  to  the  King  when  in  the  greatest  hazards,  upon  whose  happy 
restoration  he  was  first  made  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  where  he  renained  ten  years.     Afterwards 
he  was  translated  to  the  see  of  London,  where  he  remained  twelve  years.     He  was  also 
Kmg's  Almoner  and  Privy  CounciUor.     Full  of  years  and  Ion  ;ing  for  his  dissolution,  he  fell 
asleep  m  the  Lord  the  7th  October,  1675,  aged  83.    My  Rede(  mer  liveth."    The  Henchman 
arms  are  "or,  a  chevron  between  three  henchman's  bugle  hom$  sa,  on  a  chief  gules  as  many 
Uon  rampants  of  the  field."     Lord  Clarendon  possesses  a  fine  ])ortrait  of  Henchman,  a  copy 
of  which  by  Stewart  is  in  the  Porteus  Library  at  Fulham  Pala:e. 

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and  found  y^  y«  Kings  Arithmetick  gaue  y'  lye  to  y*  fabulous  tale 
y*  those  stones  cannot  be  told  alike  twice  together.  This  was  rather 
necessity  then  cusiositie  \5ic\  for  y^  day  being  a  faire  day  at  Salisbury 
M'»  Hyde  gaue  leaue  to  all  y=  seruants  to  goe  thither  whilest  y^  King 
who  went  away  in  theire  sight  with  Coll.  Phelipps  in  y*  morning, 
returned  to  Heale  againe  in  theire  absence,  hence  M'»  Conisby  and 
(foL  4«>)  Harry  Peters  returned  home  y*  day.  "^Y^  same  euening  hauing  safely 
deliuered  y^  King  into  y^  hands  of  D*^  Henchman,  Coll:  Phelips  went 
to  see  what  success  Coll.  Gunter  had  in  his  negotiation  which  he  found 
at  his  coming  to  haue  bin  very  prosperous,  for  by  y^  meanes  of  a 
Kinsman  of  his  M^  Thomas  Gunter,  and  one  M'  Francis  Mansell  a 
Marchant  M""  Tettershalls,  was  prouicled  to  bee  ready  nere  Broad- 
hempson  with  his  barke  at  a  conuenient  place  to  take  in  y*  intended 
freight,  with  which  ioyfull  news  Coll.  Phelipps  returned  to  Salisbury 
on  y^  12^  of  October  and  y«  same  euening  D^  Henchman  went  to 
Heale  to  giue  notice  of  y«  success  and  to  prouide  y^  King  to  bee  ready 
at  the  meadow  gate  opening  into  y«  riuer,  where  Coll.  Phelipps  would 
bee  by  2.  or  3.  of  y«  clocke  in  y^  morning  with  a  lead  horse  for  y*  King, 
accordingly  y«  Coll:  came  to  y=  place  at  y'  time  appointed  but  had 
y*  misfortune  to  haue  y*  Kings  horse  breake  his  bridle  and  run  vpp 
y*  riuer  which  he  in  some  short  time  recouered  and  brought  him  back, 
but  then  how  to  mend  y^  broken  bitt  was  noe  small  trouble  but  at 
lenght  with  a  strong  ribbon  which  M'«  Hyde  helpt  them  too  all  things 
were  in  a  tolerable  manner  amended  and  y'  King  and  y«  Coll:  set 
forward  for  Bradhempson  and  y*  euening  nere  Hamilton  in  Hamp- 
shire they  meet  with  Coll.  Gunter  and  y«  Lord  Wilmott  and  his 
seruant  Ro:  Swann,  who  went  to  a  worthy  Royalists  house  who  had 
serued  y«  king  throughout  y«  whole  war  M"^  Laurence  Hyde  of 
Hinton  in  Caterington  parish  2.  days  before  ;  Coll.  Gunter  carried 
y*  King  and  Company  to  one  M'"  Simonds  house  who  had  married 
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treated  and  next  morning  very  early  went  on  theire  iourney  to  Broad- 
hempson  where  they  all  arriued  at  night,  but  Coll.  Phelipps  left  them 
y*  night  ther  toke  shipping  and  went  for  London  to  send  some  monys 
to  meet  y^  King  at  Rouen,  {sic  MS.]  y«  next  dsy  they  safly  landed 
some  few  leagues  from  Deipe  in  Normandy,  wience  they  went  to 
Rouen,  where  Coll.  Phelipps  letters  with  a  bill  of  exchange  meet 
them:  [so  MS.  end5\ 

[There  are  many  alterations  and  corrections  in  the  above,  which  are  not 
noticed,  but  which  seem  to  prove  the  documeQt  is  Robert  Phelipps's 
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CHARLES   II.    THANKSGIVING   SONG* 

King  of  Great  Britain. 

Because  God  had  brought  him   to  France,  out  oi'  the  hands  of  his 
hostile  subjects,  by  the  help  of  a  nobl;  lady. 

To  the  melody  :  "  Come  to  me,  said  the  Son  of  God." 

In  the  year  1651. 

1. 

From  my  mouth  shall  always  come  eternal  thanks  and  praise  to  the 
King  of  Earth  and  Ocean.  That  he  did  not  let  me  fall  into  the  hands 
of  those,  who  persecuted  me  and  shattered  my  courtry. 

2. 

Oh,  wonder  of  the  world  !  My  army  was  slain  ;  money  was 
offered  ;  scourging  and  chains  were  threatened  tc  those  who  would 
not  deliver  me  up.  But  the  Lord  in  Heaven  s;iw  fit  to  save  me, 
unhappy  one. 

3. 

He  brought  me  to  a  tree.  It  is  now  like  a  dream  of  heavy  sleep 
to  me,  how  I  saw  my  enemy  pass  by  and  some  of  my  people  being 
captured  and  others  were  cut  down. 


I  did  just  as  the  birds,  that  do  not  fly  out  of  1  heir  holes  until  the 
storm  is  over.  Thus,  on  account  of  my  mighty  enemies,  I  had  to  stay 
more  than  a  day  and  night  in  this  hole. 

*  The  original  of  this  booklet,  in  the  British  Museum,  is  io  German.     It  has  been 
translated  by  Miss  M.  L.  Arthur. 

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5. 

Alas  !  I  thought  to  myself  during  this  time.  What  are  we  to 
Thee,  Oh  Lord.  How  soon  Thou  canst  strike  us  down.  Only- 
yesterday  I  was  Lord  of  three  kingdoms  and  oh  horror  !  now  I  am 
like  a  deer  full  of  fear  and  trembling. 

6. 
After  a  day  and  night  I  left  the  tree  and  looked  for  a  larger  place 
and  also  for  some  nourishment  for  my  stomach.     Then  the  power  of 
God  brought  me  to  the  house  of  a  lady,  to  whom  I  am  very  grateful. 

7. 

She  was  not  a  Jael,  full  of  deceit,  who  after  first  showing  honour 
to  Sisera,  broke  his  head.  She  also  knew  quite  well  that  I  was  not  a 
Sisera  who  destroyed  Israel. 

8. 
This  woman  was  truer  to  me  than  I  can  say  that  you,  Britain, 
ever  was  to  me  during  my  whole  life.     This  woman  shall  also  through 
all  time  carry  off  the  price  for  faithfulness  and  honour,  before  all  men. 

9. 

She  took  me  in,  gave  me  food  and  rest,  although  she  was  in  fear 
and  trembling  for  my  enemies.  But  her  faithfulness  prevailed  and 
this  woman  I  give  joyfully  praise  and  honour  before  my  enemies. 

10. 

She  altered  my  hair  and  my  clothes  and  rode  with  great  courage 
on  her  horse  through  the  country  in  front  of  me  and  my  faithful  ones. 
She  was  called  Lord  and  we  servants,  to  avert  suspicion. 

2o8 


Song  of  Thanksgiving 


II. 

We  rode  through  the  middle  of  the  town,  as  the  enemy  would  be 
less  likely  to  look  for  us  there  and  there  the  darger  would  be  least. 
Only  fancy  how  I  must  have  felt  and  how  my  heart  was  beating  ! 

12. 
We  saw  our  flags.     We  saw  the  accursed    jlace  where  CaroU* 
went  to  his  death.     The  great  CaroU.     Yes,  1  slill  saw  that  passion 
for  blood  that  followed  me  as  a  heritage  from  Carcll. 

13. 
I  saw  them  rejoice  in  this  town,  because  I    !iad  lost  the  battle. 
I  also  saw  many  a  pious  one  who  had  to  simulate  a  joy  that  was  not  in 
his  heart. 

14. 

I  saw  the  great  Parliament  that  was  considered  such  a  happy  one. 
What  1  thought  to  myself  cannot  easily  be  expresi  ed.  I  held  up  my 
right  [hand]  and  guarded  my  head. 

15. 

Thus  the  Lord  struck  the  enemy's  face  that  h<;  looked  for  me  but 
found  me  not,  although  I  was  there  all  the  same.  T-lay  the  Lord  strike 
him  blind  and  obstruct  the  roads  and  paths  for  him,  as  long  as  he  lives 
and  is  striving  after  my  life. 

16. 

Thus  I  groaned  and  the  Lord  listened  to  the  prayer  that  was  in 
my  heart  and  graciously  brought  me  to  a  man,  thrDugh  whom  I  got  a 
ship  and  escaped  to  France  where  I  was  safe. 

♦  CarolU  Charles  I. 
O  209 


The  Royal  Miracle 


May  the  joy  of  Heaven  be  with  you,  you  dead  heroes,  who  did 
right  by  me  and  my  country.  The  others.,  who  only  simulated  friend- 
ship, have  got  their  reward  and  the  spurn  and  scorn  of  all  men. 


My  thanks  to  you,  you  faithful  pair  of  friends,  who  were  true  to 
me  when  my  head  was  in  great  danger  on  British  soil.  My  thanks 
to  you,  my  Wilmot,  for  your  will  and  courage^  your  faithfulness  shall 
be  rewarded. 

19. 

Let  our  mouths  always  sing  eternal  thanks  and  praise  to  the  King 
of  Earth  and  Ocean.  That  he  did  not  let  me  fall  into  the  hands  of 
those,  who  persecuted  me  and  shattered  my  country. 

*  Pun  on  the  name  Wilmot,  spelt  "  Willmuht  "  in  the  original.     Muht  =  courage. 


XII 


The  Last  News  from  France 


(Roxborough  Ballads,  Vol  III 


2IO 


» a 


THE   LAST  NEWS   FROM    FRANCE. 

Being  a  true  relation  of  the  escape  of  the  Kin  5  of  Scots  Wocester  to 
London^  and  from  London  to  France,  who  was  conveyed  away  by  a 
young  Gentleman  (sic)  in  Womans  Apparel :  the  King  of  Scots  Attend- 
ing this  supposed  Gentlewoman  in  manner  of  a  Serving  man. 

The  Tune  is,  When  the  King  injjyes  etc 

\Tfvo  rude  oval  WoodcuU  of  a  lady  much  patched 
and  of  a  you/h.] 

All  you  that  do  desire  to  know 
What  is  become  of  the  King  of  &:ots, 
I  unto  you  will  truly  show 
After  the  fight  of  Northen  Rats 

Twas  I  did  convey 

His  Highness  away. 
And  from  all  dangers  set  him  free , 

In  womans  attire 

As  reason  did  require 
And  the  King  himself  did  wait  on  me. 

He  often  a  service  did  crave 

and  oftimes  to  me  stood  bare 
In  woman's  apparel  he  was  most  brave 
and  on  his  chin  he  had  no  hare  , 

Where-ever  I  came 

My  speeches  did  frame 
So  well  my  waiting  man  to  free 

The  like  was  never  known 

I  think  by  anyone, 
For  the  King  &c. 

213 


I 


^il 


The  Royal  Miracle 

My  waiting  man  a  Jewel  had 
Which  I  for  want  of  money  sold, 

Because  my  fortune  was  so  bad. 

We  turned  our  Jewel  into  gold, 

A  good  thrift  indeed 

In  time  of  our  need, 
Then  glad  was  I,  and  glad  was  he, 

Our  cause  it  did  advance 

Until  we  came  to  France 
And  the  King  &c. 

We  walked  through  Westminster  Hall 

where  Law  and  Justice  doth  take  place. 
Our  grief  was  great,  our  courage  small, 
we  lookt  grim  death  all  in  the  face, 

I  looked  round  about 

And  made  no  other  doubt 
But  I  and  my  man  should  taken  be, 

The  people  little  knew 

As  I  may  tell  to  you. 
That  the  King  himself  did  wait  on  me. 

\Page  11  y  a  rough  woodcut  of  a  man  on  her se back, 
rich  costume  and  trappings.^ 

From  Thence  we  went  to  fatal  place 
Where  his  Father  lost  his  life, 
And  then  my  man  did  weep  apace 
and  sorrow  with  him  then  was  rife, 

I  bid  him  peace 

Let  sorrow  cease 
For  fear  that  we  should  taken  be, 

The  Gallants  in  Whitehall 

Did  little  know  at  all, 
That  the  King  himself  did  wait  on  me. 

The  King  he  was  my  Serving-man 

and  thus  the  plot  we  did  contrive, 
I  went  by  the  name  of  Mistris  Anne 
^hen  we  took  water  at  Queen-Hive, 

214 


The  Last  News  from  France 

A  Boat  then  we  took 

And  London  forsook, 
And  now  in  France  arrived  are  we, 

We  got  away  by  stealth. 

And  the  King  is  in  good  heilth 
And  he  shall  no  longer  wait  on  iie. 

The  King  of  Denmarks  dead  the  7  say 
the  Charles  is  like  to  Rule  the  Land 
In  France  he  will  no  longer  stay 
as  I  do  rightly  understand. 

That  Land  is  his  due 

If  they  be  but  true 
And  he  with  them  do  well  agree  : 

I  heard  a  bird  sing 

If  he  be  once  their  King 
My  man  will  then  my  master  be. 

Now  Heaven  grant  them  better  { uccess 
With  their  young  King  than  En|  land  had. 
Free  from  war  &  from  distress 
then  fortune  may  not  be  so  bad, 

Since  the  case  thus  stands 

Let  neighbouring  Lands 
Lay  down  their  Arms  and  at  quiet  be. 

But  as  for  my  part, 

I  am  glad  with  all  my  heart 
That  my  man  must  now  my  Mas  :er  be. 

And  thus  I  have  declar'd  to  you 

by  what  means  we  escap'd  awry, 
Now  we  bid  our  cares  adieu 

though  the  King  did  lose  the  .lay, 

To  him  I  was  true 

And  that  he  well  knew, 
Tis  God  that  must  his  comfort  \  e. 

Else  all  our  Policy 

Had  been  but  foolery. 
For  the  King  he  no  longer  waits  on  me. 

London  Printed  for  IV  Thackerajy  T.  Passenger^  ai  d  Mr.  Wlutwood. 


215 


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His  Magesties  Miraculus   Preservation 
By  the  Oak,  the  Maid,  and  Ship 


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HIS   MAJESTIES   MIRACULOUS   PFlESERVATION 
By  the  Oak,  the  Maid,  and  Ship. 

THE  OAK. 

Absalom  rebell'd  against  the  King, 
An  Oak  betray'd  him  to  a  suffering  : 
Boughs  hang'd  him  first ;  then  Joabs  Dirt, 
Thrice  striking  wounded  his  perfidious  Heart. 
When  Second  CHARLES  by  Rebels  lost  the  Field, 
An  Oak  'gainst  Rebels  was  to  him  a  Shie  d  : 
It  open'd  wide,  and  in  the  Hollow  where 
Once  lay  its  Heart,  the  King  concealed  there 
Men  may  suspend  their  thoughts,  Trees  can  define 
Rebellion  sinful,  Royalty  Divine. 

THE  MAID. 

The  Oak  discharged  his  Trust :  a  female  found 
(Men  are  but  Trees  inverted  from  the  Ground) 
Who  next  takes  care  :  the  weaker  seems  :he  Hand,) 
The  Sun  was  then  on  Virgo;  Heavens  Ms  .id 
Sent  down  a  potent  Influence  &  Aid  : 
They  both  agree  :  Acted  by  Starry  Migh: 
Lady  Jatu  Lane  conducts  the  King  in  spight 

Of  Armed  Bands,  safe  through  the  numeious  force, 
Of  Those  who  King  from  Kingdom  woul  i  divorce, 
William  was  seen  :  as  if  sh'  had  the  gyges  tling. 
Invisible  went  Royal  CHARLES  the  Kinx. 
In  vain  ye  search.  Bloodthirsty  Men,  to  fiad 
Vailed  Majesty  her  Virtue  makes  you  blind  j 
Her  Faith  out-acts  your  Malice ;  and  you  •  Swords, 
First  drawn  are  melted  by  her  softest  Wc  rds 
Silence  in  France  of  Oreleans  Tone  the  Fame 
Whilst  Englande  doth  record  the  Worth  of  Lane. 

219 


The  Royal  Miracle 


THE  SHIP. 
Poor  Cottage  of  the  Sea,  We  admire  thee, 
Not  from  thy  State,  or  Pomp,  or  Pedigree ; 
About  thy  Deck,  no  Statues  grace  thy  hold. 
No  Mermaids  with  their  combs ;  no  Stars  that  make 
Sometimes  the  Sea  becalm,  sometimes  to  Quake ; 
No  Pontick  Maels,  whose  towering  Summits  shew 
How  high  the  Suns  above  the  Sea  below. 
Thy  Oaky  Ribs  swell  not  the  Forests  Pride 
Nor  canst  thou  boast  of  th'  Ankers  by  thy  side. 
Nor  Royal  sails  :  Ships  framed  by  Art  most  Wise, 
Are  thus  enobled  of  the  Vastest  Size. 
Thy  low  condition,  various  is  from  them ; 
Once  thou  secur'dst  our  King,  the  best  of  Men. 
Thy  Glory  is,  though  mean,  yet  strong  hast  stood 
*Gainst  Rage  of  Tempests,  and  'gainst  Waves  of  Blood, 
When  Lyons,  Tygers  and  those  Beasts  of  prey. 
Hunted  his  Life,  and  most  would  him  betray. 
Talk  now  no  more  of  Theseus  Ship  no  more. 
Of  that  which  brought  Prince  Lothbrook  to  our  shore : 
Drown  ye  the  fame  of  former  Ships,  none  yet 
Strange  to  relate  before  so  small,  so  great : 
Worthy  of  Water  more  renowned  than  Thames^ 
Though  she  like  Tagus  yielded  Golded  Sandes. 
If  Springs  of  Helicon  could  make  a  Main 
Thou  shouldst  ride  there.  Muses  by  their  Brain 
Wouldst  make  thee  more  then  \j'tc\  mortal  their  sweet  Breath 
Would  fill  thy  sails,  and  long  preserve  from  Death 
Depths  are  above  the  clouds,  those  Waters  there 
May  suit  thee  well.  Worthy  the  Starry  Sphere  : 
But  if  in  place  beneath  the  moon  thou  rest. 
Which,  for  admiring  Visitors  is  best, 
Gaz'd  on  by  thousands ;  and  when  aged  Time 
Thy  Body  shall  dissolve,  and  Limbs  unturne. 
May  Seamen  holy  Relicts  \sic\  them  account, 
And  with  them  still  the  Waves  when  high  the  mount ; 
Each  piece  an  Omulet  'gainst  shipwracks  harm 
Will  stand ;  'gainst  Winds  and  Rocks  a  Charm. 

By  John  Couch  M.  in  A.     Sequestered  from  Housmonden,  Kent. 
Acquired  by  the  Britiah  Museum  32.9.49.     Sutt  Col.  ii.  38. 

220 


XIV 


To  His  Sacred  Majestic  Loyal 

Reflections 


To  HIS  Sacred 

MAJESTIE 

LoYALL  Reflections 


UPON 


y 


His  Glorious  Restauration,  Procession  Ik  Coronation 
Not  forgetting  the  Royal  Oake* 
1660 


Worsters  miraculous  escape  spoke  loud, 

Had  not  Rebellion  ears  deaf  and  hearts /ra«/: 

A  sacred  Brand  snatcht  from  a  field  of  fire 

Not  to  be  unkin^d^  but  be  humbled  higher ; 

"When  this  strange  Rescue  made  the  Tyrant  sweat 

Who  vowed,  without  the  King,  'twas  no  d  ;feat. 

Had  onely  put  heaven  to  some  new  expense, 

To  sanctifie  long  prophaned  Providence. 

Thou  foundst  proud  Monster,  one  good  A  igel  then 

Was  a  Z,£^-guard  above  an  Hoast  of  men 

Blest  Oakel  thou  Monarch  of  the  British  G  rove, 

Sacred  to  Charles  (thy  Guest)  as  once,  to  Jove; 

Thou  Bultuark  of  our  little  world!  does  sund, 

Or  move  impregnable  by  Sea  &  Land. 

Thou  vegetive  Soul!  whose  glory  'tis  &  pride 

To  suffer  wounds  or  sink,  not  to  divide : 

O  were  our  Rationals  hearted  like  thee, 

We  should  not  such  Schisms  &  Divisions  see, 

Whose  branches  Ogleby's  rich  fancy  made 

Bear  Crownes  for  Nuts;  but  thy  best  Fruit  was  shade: 

When  Charles  lodg'd  in  thy  Boughs,  thou  :ouldst  not  want 

Many  degrees  to  be  a  sensible  Plant. 

*  In  the  collection  of  A.  M.  BroadleA-. 


The  Royal  Miracle 

O  mayst  thou  never  be  transplanted  more, 
Never  touch  Earth,  except  thy  Native  Shore! 
When  we  are  dead,  mayst  thou  survive  behind, 
To  tell  the  world  how  Atones  &  Oakes  were  kind, 
When  Men  &  Saints  were  Devils !  O  be  thou 
The  King  of  woods,  and  let  the  Cedar  bow ; 
Live,  and  henceforth  the  Tree  of  Life  present, 
Or  if  thou  dyest,  stand  thy  own  Monument. 

Hence  prophane  Ravens,  neve.T  dare  to  Croak 
Upon  the  streamers  of  our  Sacred  Oaie, 
Or  when  you  dare,  O  let  your  ominous  breath 
Presage  not  Mans  or  Beasts ,  but  your  own  death ! 
Whose  Branches  sav'd  three  Kingdoms  &  a  King 
Frequent  this  Tree  ye  sweetest  Birds  that  sing. 
Coy  Daphne  die  to  use;  the  Oait  shall  now 
Crown  both  the  Poets  &  the  Conquerors  brow. 
Blest  Tree !  When  Age  has  hoar'd  thy  sides,  grown  thin 
Has  nothing  left  thee,  but  bare  rits  &  skin. 
Within  thy  Concave  may  chaste  spirits  dwell, 
And  there  fix  an  unerring  oracle. 
Since  (part  o*  th*  world)  thou  too  must  mortall  be, 
Stand  both  alive  &  dead  a  Vocal'  Tree : 
And  let  the  Nations  tremble  at  our  Stroakes 
Who  have  (what  they  all  want)  such 

Hearts  &  Oaks. 


1 


224 


XV 


Some  other  Political  Broadsides  of 

1651— 2 


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A  Roundhead  Broadside  published  after  the  Battle  of  Worcester, 
November  6,   1651,  by  Robert  Ibbitson,  London 

{From  the  original  in  the  British  Museum) 


SOME   OTHER   POLITICAL   BROADSIDES  OF    165 1-2 

TN  addition  to  the  broadsheets  included  in  thi ;  volume  there  are  some 
others  in  the  British  Museum,  which  scarcely  merit  reproduction 
in  their  entirety.  The  first  of  these  bears  the  title  of  ne  Mad  Designe^ 
and  purports  to  be  "A  description  of  the  Kin^j  of  Scots  marching  in 
his  Disguise,  after  the  Rout  at  Worcester,  With  the  Particulers 
where  He  was,  and  what  He  and  his  Company  did,  every  day  and 
night  after  He  fled  from  Worcester."  The  quaint  wood-cut  which 
heads  it  is  reproduced  as  an  illustration.  The  account  given  of 
the  King's  wanderings  is  wholly  imaginary,  and  it  contains  no  allusion 
either  to  Boscobel  or  the  Royal  Oak.  A  journey  to  Bristol  with 
a  lady  is  hinted  at,  and  the  fugitives  are  made  to  reach  London 
about  "the  twenty th  September."  Charles  is  said  to  have  visited 
Westminster  Hall,  where  the  captured  Roydist  colours  were  dis- 
played. Lord  Wilmot  having  hired  a  ship  for  ;f  120,  the  King 
having  taken  leave  of  "  and  thanked  the  Lady  with  many  salutations 
and  promises,  to  Graves-end  they  went,  and  from  thence  on,  and 
a  ship-board.  As  soon  as  my  Lord  was  entrel  the  Barque^,  and  the 
King  as  his  Servant,  the  Master  of  the  vessel  came  to  my  Lord,  and 
told  him,  that  he  knew  the  King,  and  told  him,  That  in  Case  it  should 
be  known  he  could  expect  no  mercy  ;  which  saying  troubled  them  : 
But  at  length  what  with  money  and  promist  s,  they  prevailed,  and 
so  set  sail  for  Havre  de  Grace,  where  they  landed  ;  and  from  thence  to 
Rouen,  where  they  cloathed  themselves." 

A  second  broadside  is  entitled  "  A  List  3f  the  Princes,  Dukes, 
Earls,  Lords,  Knights,  Generals,  Maior  Genenlls,  &c.,  and  Colonells, 
of  the  Scots  Kings  party  slaine  and  taken  Prisor  ers."     It  was  published 

227 


The  Royal  Miracle 


in  1 65 1,  and  of  the  ten  portraits  given  below  the  title  the  first  is  that  of 
William,  Duke  of  Hamilton,  who  died  at  the  Worcester  Commandery. 
There  is  an  emblematical  figure  of  Death  enthroned,  and  the  foUowing 
supposed  proclamation  as  a  warning  to  the  Royalists  : — 

By  His  Majesty  Death 
Hieroglyphix. 

A    PROCLAMATION: 

Whereas  the  Crown  and  Scepter  of  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland 
have  so  often  been  taken  from  me,  notwithstanding  all  my  Re- 
inthronisations,  and  I  have  been  still  laid  by,  yet  now  my  victorious 
sword  hath  placed  me  in  tryumph,  where  I  sit  clothed  with  the  Royall 
Robes,  and  weare  the  Crown  without  disturbance,  where  Women  are 
my  Companions,  and  the  bones  of  all  the  dead  my  Subjects. 

If  therefore  any  of  the  generation  of  Charles  Stuart,  or  other 
English,  Irish,  or  Scots  whatsoever,  presume  to  jostle  me,  or  be  my 
Competitor,  he  shall  soon  be  my  Captive  ;  If  the  first  step  be  in  the 
Throne  the  second  shall  be  in  the  Grave  ;  1  have  long  given  warning, 
but  will  be  at  Courtesie  no  longer  ;  And  now  I  have  begun  to  set  so 
good  footing  on  this  part  of  the  Earthen  Globe  that  I  shall  attempt  to 
Conquer  all  Emperors,  Kings  and  Monarches  in  the  World. 

Given  at  the  Rout  at  Worcester,  the  remark- 
able third  day  of  September  1651  before 
my  Regall  Picture.  DEATH. 

To  the  right  of  the  illustration  is  the  following  text  :— 

REVELATION  13.  18. 
Here  is  wisdome.     Let  him  that  hath  understanding  count  the 
number  of  the  Beast,  for  it  is  the  number  of  a  Man,  and  his  number 
is  six  hundred  three  score  and  six. 

228 


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Broadside    published    by    Robert    Ibbitson,    London,    early   in 

1652,   giving  a  List,  with  Portraits,  of  those  slain  or  taken 

prisoner  at  Wokcester,  September  3,   165 1 

{From  the  original  in  the  British  Museum) 


Some  Other  Political  Broads ^'des  of  i6^i-i 

Let  him  that  hath  but  so  much  Wisdoms  as  by  Arithmaticke  to 
adde  so  small  a  Summe,  (?)  ,  and  he-e  he  shall  finde  count  it 

(punctuall)  to  an  Unite. 

1.  It  must  be  substracted  out  of  the  Number  which  is  compre- 
hended in  a  Man,  and  that  as  he  is  the  Beast. 

2.  This  Number  must  amount  to  the  jus:  Summe  of  666. 

3.  The  Scots  King  coming  into  England  with  his  Irish  Papists, 
and  Presbiterian  Kirke,  upon  the  account  of  the  National  League  and 
Covenant,  And  by  them  proclaimed  King  of  Brittaine  ;  Exactly  beareth 
this  number  of  the  Beast. 


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.     003 

his  Irish  Papists 

.     004 

nationaLL  LeagVe  . 

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presbiterian  kirks 

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666* 

Below  comes  "  a  list  of  the  Family  from  .vhich  Charles  the  Second 
King  of  Scotland  descended,  that  sat  on  the  fai;all  Throne  of  Scotland  & 
came  to  untimely  ends."  Charles  I  occupies  :he  first  place  in  the  roll 
of  unfortunate  ends,  with  King  Fergus  I  "drcwned  at  Carrickfergus  in 
Ireland."  It  ends  by  saying  that  "  this  Charles  Stuart  is  but  the  i  loth 
King  that  ever  was  of  Scotland,  who  is  l^roclaimed  Traytor,  and 
Fugitive  in  England.  His  Uncle  was  poisoned,  and  his  mother  and 
brother  both  fled,  and  proclaimed  Traytors  to  England." 

Then  follows  a  list  of  about  250  persons  "slain,  put  to  death  or 
taken "  in  connection  with  Worcester  figh :.  This  broadside  was 
printed  by  Robert  Ibbitson  in  London  and  beirs  the  date  1652. 

*  A  century  and  a  half  later  many  hieroglyphic  prints  of  the  same  character  and  giving 
interpretations  of  the  mystic  number  666  were  published  aga  inst  Napoleon.  See  NapoUon  in 
Caricature^  by  A.  M.  Broadley.  John  Lane,  London.  Vol.  II,  Chapter  ixvii,  p.  »i8 
et  sej. 

229 


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(I 


The  Royal  Miracle 


The  third  broadside  was  printed  in  1651  by  "J.  L.  Philalethcs." 

It  is  entitled  : — 

OLD   SAYINGS   and   PREDICTIONS  Verified  and  fulfilled, 

Touching  the  young  King  of  Scotland  and  his  gued  subjects. 

I  Jockey  turne  the  stone  of  all  your  plots. 
Jockey.         p^^  ^^^^  turnes  faster  than  the  turne-coat  Scots. 


Presbyter. 


We  for  our  ends  did  make  thee  King  before. 


Not  to  rule  us,  we  will  not  that  endure. 
You  deep  dissemblers  I  know  what  you  doe, 
^^^^'  And  for  revenges  sake  I  will  dissemble  too. 

Beneath  this  is  a  rough  picture  of  a  Scotch  Presbyter  holding 
"  young  Charles's  "  nose  to  the  grindstone,*  which  is  being  turned  by 
the  "  Jockey  of  Scotland."     The  explanatory  verses  commence  thus  : 
"This  Embleme  needs  no  learned  Exposition 
The  World  knows  well  enough  the  sad  condition 
Of  regall  Power  &  Prerogative 
Dead  &  dethron'd  in  England,  now  alive 
In  Scot  land y  where  they  seeme  to  love  the  Lad, 
They  find  more  obsequious  than  his  dad,"  etc. 

Then  follows  a  dreary  argument  setting  forth  the  reasons  for 
anticipating  the  downfall  of  the  younger  Charles,  and  the  dire  conse- 
quences to  Englishmen  if  they  should  be  so  base  as  « to  suffer  this 
young  Pretender  to  take  root  again,  to  bring  them  back  into  slavery 
&  monarchall  [sic\  bondage  too  heavy  for  England's  shoulders  to 
bear.  .  .  ."  This  broadsheet  was  probably  issued  very  shortly  before 
the  Battle  of  Worcester  as  a  supplementary  counterblast  to  the  King's 
«  Declarations  to  his  loving  Subjects  of  the  Kingdom  of  England  &  the 
Dominion  of  Wales,"  which  according  to  the  resolution  of  Parliament, 
published  two  days  before  the  fatal  third  of  September,  were  to  be 
burned  by  the  Common  Hangman. 

*  One  hundred  and  sixty-three  years  later— in  1814— a  caricature  showing  Bliichcr 
treating  «  Litde  Boney  "  in  this  unpleasant  manner  enjoyed  much  popularity  both  in  England 

and  Germany. 

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APPENDIX   I 


The  Escape  of  Charles  II  from 
Worcester  on  September  3,  1651 

(A  Paper  read  at  the  Commandery,  Worcester,  on  September  2,  19II, 
by  Mr.  J.  W.  Willis  Bund,  F.S.A.) 


THE   ESCAPE    OF   CHARLES    II    FROM    WORCESTER 

September  3RD,  1651. 


The  Scotch  Army  reached  Worcester  on  22nd  August 
fortifications  had  never  been  repaired  since  the  surren 
siege  of  1646,  and  were  probably  not  in  a  state  to  offer  i 
On  24th  August  the  parishioners  of  Salwarpe,  who  v 
Castle  works  by  their  tenure  (a  liability  which  had  becom 
fortifications),  were  ordered  to  come  in  and  repair  the 
that  elapsed  between  the  24th  August  and  the  3rd  Sej 
done  to  make  the  city  defensible,  exactly  how  much  it  is 
The  only  part  of  the  city  which  it  is  necessary  to 
north-east  and  the  east  sides.  The  main  road  from  Wo 
through  Stourbridge,  Kidderminster,  Hartlebury,  On 
Barbourne  Bridge.  It  was  along  this  road  the  Scots 
Baxter,  an  eye-witness,  says,  "  The  army  passed  most  b 
breadth  off,  and  the  rest  through  it."*  Probably  most  01 
north  or  Foregate,  which  stood  as  nearly  as  possible  betw 
Hotel  and  the  Berkeley  Hospital.  Some  may  also  have  c 
Gate,  the  east  gate,  to  which  there  was  a  road  from  Ba 
decided  to  close  the  Foregate,  and  it  was  stopped, 
("murred  up"  is  the  expression.)  Probably  the  reason  w, 
in  front  of  it,  or  of  this  part  of  the  fortifications,  ani 
defence. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  in  the  old  Plan  of  Worcestt 
1 65 1,  no  outworks  are  there  shown  as  thrown  out  in 
St.  Martin's  Gate  remained  the  only  entrance  to  the  cit] 
It  had  to  be  protected.  About  half-way  down  Sanso 
Catholic  Church)  there  was  a  bastion.  It  is  shown  01 
About  this  spot  a  stream  came  down  which  formed  the 
The  plan  shows  it  starting  from  the  bastion. 

This  ditch  continued  all  along  the  east  side  of  the 


,  1 65 1.  The  walls  and 
ler  of  the  city  after  the 
very  effective  resistance, 
ere  bound  to  repair  the 
e  extended  to  all  the  city 
walls.  During  the  time 
itember  a  good  deal  was 
not  easy  to  say. 
:onsider  in  detail  are  the 
-cester  to  the  north  came 
ibersley,  and  Claines  to 
advanced  to  Worcester. 
7  Kidderminster,  a  field's 
them  marched  in  by  the 
?en  the  present  Hop  Pole 
ome  through  St.  Martin's 
rbourne  Bridge.  It  was 
some  say  "walled  up" 
IS  that  there  was  no  ditch 
i  it  was  less  capable  oi 

r,  as  it  stood  fortified  in 
front  of  the  Foregate. 
'  from  the  north  or  east, 
me  Street  (opposite  the 
I  the  plan,  by  a  tower, 
east  ditch  of  the  town. 

town;  its  course  is  still 


*  Reliquia  Baxteriana. 


The  Royal  Miracle 


marked  by  "Watercourse  Alley,  as  shown  in  the  plan,  past  St.  Martin's  Gate, 
Friar's  Gate,  Sidbury  Gate,  until  it  reached  the  Frog  Brook  which  formed  the  Castle 
ditch  and  ran  into  the  Severn  at  Diglis,  just  below  the  Cathedral  Ferry.  From 
St.  Martin's  Gate  a  road  ran  in  a  north-easterly  direction  to  Warndon  and  Crowle, 
with  a  branch  or  branches  to  Droitwich  and  Bromsgrove,  but  the  exact  line  is  not 
clear,  a  branch  leading  to  Barbourne  Bridge.  Across  the  road  in  front  of 
St.  Martin's  Gate  an  earthwork  blocking  the  approach  to  the  gate  was  thrown 
out,  probably  by  the  Salwarpe  men.  If  the  plan  is  correct,  between  the  Foregate 
and  Friar's  Gate  three  earthworks  were  made,  one  in  what  is  now  Sansome  Street 
between  the  Foregate  and  the  Bastion  opposite  the  present  Catholic  Church,  the 
work  outside  St.  Martin's  Gate,  and  a  third  work  a  little  way  down  between 
St.  Martin's  and  Friar's  Gate  but  much  nearer  St.  Martin's.  So  that  St.  Martin's 
Gate  was  regarded,  and  rightly  regarded,  as  being  a  most  important  post,  and  three 
earthworks  were  thrown  up  to  defend  it.  The  fact  that  it  was  the  only  way  left 
open  for  retreat  to  Scotland  accounted  for  this,  so  the  attention  both  of  the  Scots 
and  Parliament  Generals  would  be  directed  to  it. 

On  entering  the  city  through  St.  Martin's  Gate  any  one  who  walks  up  Silver 
Street  will  be  very  nearly  in  the  line  of  the  road,  the  gate  would  be  at  the  front 
where  the  small  side  street  called  St.  Martin's  Gate  now  goes  off  to  the  left. 
The  ditch,  coming  down  Watercourse  Alley  across  the  garden  of  the  Public 
Hall,  would  probably  be  crossed  by  a  drawbridge,  certainly  by  a  bridge  of  some 
kind,  which  the  earthworks,  a  "  tete  du  pont,"  would  defend.  On  passing  into 
the  city  an  open  space  (the  present  Corn  Market)  would  be  reached  \  facing  this 
was  a  street  leading  to  the  Cross,  Mealcheapen  Street,  past  St.  Swithin's  Church, 
from  whence  another  street  (Broad  Street  and  Newport  Street)  led  direct  to  the 
river.  A  parallel  street  past  St.  Martin's  Church  up  the  Trinity  led  also  to  the 
Cross.  It  is  important  to  bear  these  details  in  mind  because  it  explains  why  it 
was  that  Fleetwood's  men  when  they  carried  ^Vorcester  Bridge  at  once  made  for 
St.  Martin's  Gate.  It  was  in  front  of  them,  no  need  to  turn  to  the  right  or  left  ; 
its  capture  would  completely  cut  off  the  Scotch  retreat,  for  then  the  Parliamen- 
tarians would  hold  the  only  available  exit  from  the  city  leading  to  the  north. 

From  the  Corn  Market,  on  the  left  of  any  one  entering  the  city,  was  a  main 
street  that  let  direct  to  the  South  Gate,  Sidbury.  This  street,  now  known  as 
New  Street  and  Friar  Street,  was  the  direct  line  of  retreat  that  any  fugitives  from 
the  fight  at  the  Sidbury  Gate  would  take  if  they  desired  to  go  northwards.  The 
occupation  of  the  Corn  Market  by  the  Parliamt.'nt  troops  would  therefore  at  once 
cut  off  the  line  of  the  Scots  retreat.  So  Fleetwood  on  forcing  the  bridge  imme- 
diately made  for  the  gate.  Possibly  because  it  was  near  the  point  of  escape  if 
necessity  arose,  or  because  it  was  a  large  house  and  capable  of  holding  Charles 

234 


The  '*  King's  House,"  Worcester,  in  the  eighteenth  century 

{From  an  etching  execu/ed  in  i8ti) 


The  Escape  from  IVorcester 

and  his  officers,  the  left  hand  corner  house  of  the  Corn  Ilarket  was  where  Charles 
took  up  his  quarters  while  in  Worcester.  The  house  \'as  the  town  house  of  the 
Berkeleys  of  Spetchley,  one  of  the  leading  families  of  Worcester  clothiers,  one 
of  whom  was  the  judge  who  had  been  imprisoned  for  giving  judgment  for  the 
Crown  in  favour  of  ship  money.*  Portions  of  the  hojse  still  remain,  one  part 
fronting  New  Street,  and  one  the  Corn  Market.  The  whole  house  continued  intact 
until  the  later  half  of  the  eighteenth  century,  when  it  caught  fire  and  all  the  middle 
part  was  burnt  out.  This  has  been  replaced  by  the  present  red  brick  house,  one 
part  facing  New  Street  and  the  other  the  Corn  Market.  According  to  the  plan, 
the  house  did  not  go  back  all  the  way  to  the  wall,  but  there  was  a  garden  in  the 
rear.  The  Corn  Market  part  that  is  left  shows  that  any  space  between  the  house 
and  the  wall  must  have  been  very  small.  It  is  not  quite  clear  on  which  side  the 
Corn  Market,  or  New  Street,  the  front  door  of  the  house  was  situated  j  probably 
New  Street,  the  house  appearing  to  have  fronted  that  way  and  to  have  had  two 
wings  stretched  out  behind.  This  is  a  point  of  interest  with  regard  to  Charleses 
escape.  It  will  not  be  necessary  to  further  describe  the  fortifications  except 
to  say  that  the  Friar's  Gate  was  only  a  gate  for  foot-passengers,  a  sally  port,  and 
probably  had  no  bridge  over  the  ditch  available  for  the  passage  of  horsemen. 
Just  beyond  it  an  earth  breastwork  ran  up  to  the  Fort  F.oyal,  the  great  earthwork 
which  commanded  the  Sidbury  Gate,  and  connected  thj  fort  with  the  city.  No 
available  means  of  exit  therefore  were  to  be  found  on  :he  south-east  side  of  the 
city,  and,  as  has  been  said,  St.  Martin's  Gate  was  the  one  point  by  which  in  case 
of  defeat  the  Scots  could  escape. 

The  wall  of  the  city  was  an  earthwork  faced  on  the  outside  next  the  ditch 
by  a  wall  formed  of  blocks  of  red  sandstone.  Its  thickness  varied  considerably  at 
different  places,  but  it  was  probably  strong  enough  to  oiFer  considerable  resistance 
to  the  artillery  of  those  days.  As  far  as  can  be  made  out,  the  repairs  to  the  wall 
consisted  in  repairing  the  stone  face  to  the  ditch  where  required  and  in  throwing 
up  and  making  good  the  soil  inside.  There  is  no  eviden  :e  to  show  the  exact  depth 
of  the  ditch  and  how  far  it  was  passable  for  assailants. 

There  was  certainly  a  way  out  from  the  Berkeley  House  to  the  wall,  either 
across  the  garden,  or,  as  from  the  present  buildings  seems  most  likely,  by  a 
passage  through  the  house  from  the  garden  to  the  wall,  j  ossibly  to  get  water  from 
the  ditch.  The  door  from  the  house  to  the  garden  is  pro  Dably  the  back  door  which 
is  mentioned  in  the  different  accounts  of  the  King's  escs  pe. 

For  the  present  purpose  it  will  not  be  necessary  :o  give  the  details  of  the 
battle,  beyond  stating  that  it  was  soon  after  3  p.m.  that  Charles's  officers  found  it 

*  Hampden's  case,  Ztate  Trialt. 


II 


The  Royal  Miracle 


necessary  to  do  something  to  relieve  the  pressure  on  the  Scots'  right,  and  force 
Cromwell  to  recall  the  troops  he  kept  sending  to  crush  the  Scots  on  the  Terne,  who 
were  obstinately  holding  their  own  against  the  attacks  of  the  Parliament.  The 
Parliament  centre  was  stationed  about  Redhill,  on  the  London  Road,  near  where 
the  road  to  Stoulton  and  Pershore  branches  off  from  the  road  to  Spetchley,  Alcester 
and  Evesham,  whUe  the  Parliament  right  held  the  wood  above  the  present  railway 
station  (Perry  Wood)  in  force,  so  cutting  off  the  road  to  London  from  the  Scots. 
So  the  Duke  of  Hamilton  was  ordered  to  attack  the  right  centre  in  force.  This 
he  did  successfully,  driving  out  the  Parliament  forces;  had  not  his  ammunition  failed 
and  if  he  had  had  any  support  the  battle  would  have  been  won,  but  he  was  unable 
to  follow  up  his  success  for  want  of  support.  Cromwell  arrived  at  this  crisis  and 
then,  if  it  ever  took  place,  had  his  celebrated  interview  with  the  Devil.  At  this 
critical  point  Cromwell  was  able  to  rally  his  men  and  force  the  Scots  back  on  their 
lines.  These  he  stormed,  the  retreat  became  a  rout,  and  the  whole  Scotch  force 
became  hemmed  in  between  their  own  earthworks,  their  only  hope  of  retreat  being 
into  the  city  through  the  Sidbury  Gate,  the  Parliament  troops  occupying  each  side 
of  the  road.  At  the  gate  Charles  was  nearly  taken;  one  version  says  an  ammu- 
nition waggon  was  upset  outside,  so  he  had  to  dismount  and  crawl  between  the 
waggon  and  the  wall;  the  usual  story  is  that  a  loyal  citizen,  named  Bagnall,  brought 
up  a  load  of  hay  and  threw  it  across  the  road  to  stop  the  Parliament  troops 
entering.  As  it  is  not  easy  to  say  where  Bagnatl  got  the  waggon  of  hay  nor  how 
he  got  it  down  to  the  gate,  in  the  face  of  that  struggling  crowd  of  Scots  and 
Puritans,  while  the  ammunition  waggon  would  probably  have  been  there,  belated 
in  conveying  the  ammunition  Hamilton  wanted  which  might  have  saved  the  battle, 
it  would  seem  to  be  the  most  probable  version  that  it  was  there  that  it  was  upset. 
On  Charies  getting  inside  the  gate  he  remounted,  and  is  said  to  have  turned 
to  rally  his  men  for  a  charge.  This  however  is  somewhat  doubtful.  What  is 
clear  is  that  somehow  between  5  and  6  p.m.  he  found  himself  at  his  house  near  St. 
Martin's  Gate,  his  army  reduced  to  a  routed  rabble.  So  he  took  off  his  armour 
and  made  his  escape.  In  Blount's  Boscobel  it  is  said  "  he  marched  out  at  St.  Martin's 
Gate  at  about  six  in  the  evening."  This  however  it  is  difficult  to  believe,  if  the 
account  is  true  which  says  that  when  Charles  reached  his  quarters  Fleetwood's 
troopers  had  already  taken  possession  of  St.  Martin's  Gate.  It  is  just  possible  if 
the  entrance  to  the  Berkeley  House  was  in  New  Street,  not  the  Corn  Market, 
Charies  might  have  got  into  the  house  unobserved,  even  if  the  gate  was  in  the 
enemy's  hands.  But  the  records  are  very  hazy  as  to  the  precise  time  of  Charles's 
arrival  at  his  house  from  the  battle  and  as  to  the  time  when  Fleetwood's  men 
reached  the  Corn  Market.  If  Fleetwood  reached  the  Corn  Market  before  Charies, 
then  the  story  that  Charles  got  into  the  house  as  he  could,  having  first  sent  Wilmoc 

236 


^ 


The  Rscape  from  JVorcester 

for  a  horse  to  meet  him  outside  the  wall,  and  then  escaped  by  the  back  door 
as  Col.  Corbett  entered  the  front  from  the  street,  is  probably  correct.  It  is  cer- 
tainly the  most  romantic,  but  it  has  its  difficulties.  How  did  Wilmot  get  outside 
the  walls  and  catch  the  horse.?  How  did  Charles  get  tirough  the  ditch?  But  the 
other  version  that  Charles  changed  horses  in  Friar  Street,  and  rode  out  through  the 
gate,  is  also  full  of  difficulties.  Why  did  Charles,  whc  had  just  got  a  fresh  horse, 
leave  it  for  another?  How  did  Wilmot  get  out?  If  ihe  gate  was  opened  to  let 
him  out  why  did  not  the  Parliament  troops  perceive  it,  and  why  was  there  no 
pursuit  ?  How  did  Charles  get  his  horse  over  the  eart  iworks  ?  On  the  whole,  it 
would  seem  that  the  story  of  his  getting  into  the  house  and  escaping  from  it  by  the 
back  is  the  most  probable.  But  there  are  also  difficulties  here.  How  did  Charles 
cross  the  ditch?  How  did  he  find  Wilmot?  Why  vas  no  opposition  offered  to 
the  Parliament  troops?  Whichever  it  was,  either  thrcugh  the  gate  or  across  the 
wall,  the  King  joined  Wilmot,  and  taking  their  way  down  the  Crowle  Road  they 
turned  off  to  the  left  and  at  last  reached  Barbour  le  Bridge,  one  mile  from 
Worcester.     Here,  against  Charles's  wish,  it  was  decided  to  make  for  Scotland. 

The  party  proceeded  along  the  road  they  hai  come  to  (Worcester  to 
Ombersley),  where  Massey  left  them,  turning  off  and  going  to  Droitwich,  thence 
on  past  Mitre  Oak  through  Hartlebury,  and  to  avoid  Hidderminster  turned  to  the 
right  through  Murstowe  Green  towards  Stourbridge.  How  exactly  they  reached 
Stourbridge  is  not  clear,  probably  by  Hagley  and  Pedmore,  as  the  road  through 
Kidderminster  was  full  of  fugitives ;  according  to  Baxter,  some  went  through 
Kidderminster  and  some  by  it.  He  goes  on  to  say  that  Cromwell's  troops  stood 
to  intercept  the  Scots  in  front  of  his  house,  that  is  in  Vont  of  the  "Lion,"  where 
the  road  to  Stourbridge  turns  to  the  left.  Baxter  says  many  hundreds  passed  by. 
Charles  says  he  kept  on  the  right  hand,  letting  all  t.ie  greater  number  of  men 
go  along  the  road.  This  Baxter  confirms.  It  is  therefore  likely  that  the  Bang 
followed  the  regular  road  by  Merstowe  Green  to  Stourbridge,  and  then  on  to 
Boscobel.  But  the  exact  spot  where  he  left  Worcestershire  and  turned  into 
Staffordshire  has  long  been  the  subject  of  controverjy,  and  quite  a  number  of 
places  between  Kidderminster  and  Stourbridge  are  said  to  be  the  place  where  the 
King  passed  in  his  flight  from  Worcester. 


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APPENDIX   II 


The  Municipal  Accounts  of  Expenses 

Incurred  at  Worcester  in  August  and  September, 
1651,  in  connection  with  the  Sojourn  of  Charles  II 
in  the  Faithful  City  (August  2  2- September  3) 

(A  Paper  read  in  the  Commandery,  Worcester,  :it  the  meeting  held 

there  September  2,  1911,  on  the  occasion  of  the  Commemorative 

Pilgrimage,  by  Mr.  F.  T.  Spackman   f.g.s.) 


THE  PERSONAL  EXPENSES  OF  CHAF  LES  II   IN  THE 

CITY  OF  WORCESTER,   1651. 

The  interest  which  has  been  aroused  in  the  city  by  :he  proposed  commemo- 
ration of  the  events  which  occurred  in  Worcester  on  September  grd,  165 1,  is 
considerable,  and  various  items  of  information  which  before  were  regarded  as 
normal,  are  now  seen  to  possess  a  new  significance  in  view  of  the  severe  criticism 
with  which  old  beliefs  and  traditions  are  now  being  met. 

The  King's  entertainment  whilst  in  the  city  was  at  the  charge  of  the  civic 
purse,  and  the  curious  detailed  account  of  these  charges  i?  set  out  in  the  Council's 
records.  By  courtesy  of  the  Town  Clerk  of  Worcester  I  have  had  the  privilege 
of  examining  the  City  Accounts  for  the  year  1651,  and  of  photographing  some  of 
the  pages. 

The  accounts  of  the  city  are  comprised  in  a  series  of  foolscap  folio  volumes, 
commencing  with  the  year  1540,  from  which  time  they  are  complete,  with  the 
exception  of  the  twenty-two  years  from  1600  to  1623,  ard  they  exhibit  the  whole 
revenue  and  expenditure  of  the  Faithful  City,  as  annual  y  audited  by  the  proper 
civic  authorities.  These  ancient  volumes  throw  much  light  upon  historic  events 
which  have  had  local  effect,  as  well  as  upon  custom;  and  transactions  more 
peculiarly  confined  to  the  citizens  and  their  city;  but  ms  ny  researches  have  been 
made  by  historians  and  antiquaries  for  information  of  th^  eventful  period  of  the 
Battle  of  Worcester,  without  any  resvih  beyond  a  few  casual  items  which  possess 
little  direct  interest.  Possibly  many  records  were  abstricted  by  the  troopers  of 
Cromwell,  for  at  the  audit  of  1652  is  an 

Item  payed  Stephen  Fields,  who  had  payed  to  a 
soldier  to  regayne  some  of  the  records  that 
were  taken  out  of  the  Treasure         .         .     5/- 

No  audit  of  the  accounts  occurred  at  the  Feast  of  Al  Saints,  165 1.  Probably 
paralysed  by  the  dire  calamity  of  war,  and  with  its  chiel  officers  in  custody,  the 
city  abandoned  for  the  time  the  routine  of  its  usual  business,  and  gave  way  to  the 
melancholy  lassitude  which  reaction  from  the  excitement  of  so  terrible  an  event 
was  well  calculated  to  produce. 

Q  241 


The  Royal  Miracle 


The  audit  for  1652  was  resumed  as  usual,  but  curiously  the  audit  of  165 1 
did  not  take  place  until  1655.  The  current  accounts  for  that  year  are  to  be 
found  in  their  proper  place,  without  any  reference  to  those  of  165 1,  whilst  the 
latter  are  recorded  at  the  extreme  end  of  the  volume  (which  concludes  with 
1669),  where  they  are  entered  in  reverse  form. 

The  account  thus  commences  : — 

CmiE  OF  WORCESTER.  1651. 

At  a  chamber  there  houlden  the  Twelfth  daye  of  Aprill,  in  the  yeare  of 
the  Lord  One  Thousand  five  hundred  fyfty  and  five. 
It  is  ordered  that  Mr.  ffownes  and  Mr.  Homynges  Accompts  as  Chamber- 
laynes  accordinge  as  they  are  stated  By  Mr.  Beddoes,  Mr.   Wyldy,  Mr. 
Sollers,  Mr.  Longmore,  and  Mr.jGworle  bee  entered  in  the  Audit  Booke. 
The  account  of  Thomas  ffownes  and  Richard  Hemynge,  late  Chamber- 
laynes  of  the  Citty  of  Worcester  of  moneys  by  them  Receaved  and 
Disbursed  To  and  for  the  use  of  the  said  Citty,  for  the  Rents  and 
Revennues  of  the  said  Citty.     As  followeth,  begininge  from  the  feast 
of  All  Saints  in  the  yeare  of  the  Lord  1650,  untill  the  feast  of  All 
Saints  in  the  yeare  of  the  Lord  1651. 
Then    follows    a    general    statement    of    civic    receipts    and    expenditure, 
comprising  about  six  pages;  some  of  the  payments  refer  to  the  repair  of  the 
fortifications,  but   they  are   not   of   any   special   interest.      The   account   then 
continues : — 

They  praye  to  be^llowed  the  seuall  somes  of  money  which  they  were 
enforced  and  compelled  to  paye  and  disburse  for  provision  for  the 
Scotts  Kingel  dureinge  the  tyme  he  remayned  in  this  Cittie,  which  was 
charged  upon  the  Cittie  and  allowed  by  the  chamber. 
The  22th  of  August,  One  Veale,  two  muttons,  and  three  strikes       £      ».      d. 

of  Salt  .  .  .  •  • 

The  23th  of  August,  one  side  of  mutton,  and  twelve  quailes 
One  side  of  mutton  and  three  quarters  of  Lambe 
One  Calfe  of  veale,  a  Tongue  and  elder   . 
ffower  muttons,  46  Chickins  and  Henns,  and  two  Rabbits    . 
Two  dozen  of  Piggions,  nyne  ducks,  and  three  Piggs 
Two  Henns,  five  quailes,  two  quires  of  paper,  and  two  elders  of 
beefe  .  .  •  ... 

One  veale  and  24  poundes  of  butter         .  ... 

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The  Municipal  Accounts  of  Expenses 


of  butter      01 


Two  poundes  of  butter,  18  egges,  and  a  Botle  of  viniger     . 
The  24th  August,  One  veale,  tenn  pounds  of  butter,  and  five 

doxen  of  egges  .  .  ... 

ffower  cowple  of  Rabbetts,  one  fFeazant,  and  one  elder  of  beefe  . 
Two  Turkies 
One  Pott  of  butter,  waighinge  28  pounds,  pott  and  a  1,  and  five 

Hartichoakes 

•  •  •  •  • 

The  26th  August,  Three  Muttons,  one  veale,  and  two  Rabbetts 
Three  dozen  of  egges,  and  one  pott  of  butter,  waighing?  eighteene 

pounds  .  .  .  ... 

Two  pounds  of  butter  and  two  dozen  of  egges 

The  27th  August,  fower  Muttons,  two  Henns,  and  a  botle  of 

Viniger  .  .  .  ... 

Two  pounds  of  butter.  Twelve  chickens,  and  five  ducl:s     . 

Two  Turkies,  fower  Pigges,  and  fower  Rabbetts    . 

Two  bottles  of  Viniger,  three  tongues,  and  40  poundi 

ffower  Henns,  tenn  dozen  of  egges,  and  fower  Pigeons 

One  whole  Beefe 

•  •  ... 

The  28th  August,  Two  Henns,  five  Chickens,  and  a  bottle  of 

Viniger  .  .  .  .         . 

Three  Muttons,  one  veale,  and  Twenty  pounds  of  butt  ;r     . 
Six  pounds  of  Bacon,  six  Pulletts,  and  a  Dozen  of  Piggions 
Three  strikes  of  Salt,  Eight  Henns,  and  eight  chickens 
Two  Partridges,  two  Turkies,  and  two  Piggions      . 
for  Milke  for  the  Pastry,  and  fower  dozen  of  egges 
The  29th  August,  One  veale,  fower  Muttons,  and  fow 

of  Bacon  .... 

for  Trouts,  Piggeons,  fower  dozen  of  Eggs  and  seaven 

butter  .  .  .  ... 

fower  Piggions,  six  Rabbetts,  and  a  bottle  of  viniger 

Two  Tongues  and  Twelve  poundes  of  butter 

The  30th  August,  two  muttons,  one  veale,  two  henns,  and  five 

chickens  .  .  .  ... 

Twelve  pounds  of  butter.  Three  dozen  of  Egges,  and  five  Tongues 
One  Dozen  of  Piggeons,  fower  henns,  and  fowerteene  Chickens  . 
Tenn  pounds  of  butter,  one  bottle  of  viniger 
for  fowle  bought  by  John  George  .  ... 

The  31st  of  August,  one  veale,  one  Lambe,  two  Pi^gs,  and  a 

dozen  of  Piggions  .  .  ... 

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pounds  of 


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I'll 


Nyneteene   pounds  of  butter,  Three   dozen   of  Egges,   Three 
Muttons,  and  a  bottle  of  viniger        .  .  ,         . 

The  first  of  September,  five  pounds  of  butter,  five  chickens  and 
fower  henns       .  -     .  .  •  •        • 

Two  Muttons,  three  sides  of  Lambe,  and  three  Dozen  of  Egges  . 
A  Bottle  of  viniger,  two  Pigges,  and  fower  puUetts 
for  Herringes,  Oyle,  Cabbidges  and  rootes 

for  two  muttons,  one  cowple  of  Pulletts,  and  five  pounde  of  butter 
The  second  of  September,  One  cowple  of  henns,  a  dozen  of 

chickins,  and  4  pounds  of  butter       .  ... 

Three  Muttons,  one  veale,  24  egges,  and  a  pounde  of  fresh  butter 
Tenn  stone  and  nyne  poundes  of  beefe,  five  Cowple  of  Chickens, 

and  one  cowple  of  henns   .  •  ... 

five  poundes  of  butter,  1 2  egges,  and  a  gallon  and  a  point  of  viniger 
Two  Muttons  .  .  .  ... 

The  Third  of  September,  one  veale,  fower  muttons,  and  seaven 

poundes  of  Bacon  .  .  ... 

Halfe  a  veale,  one  cowple  of  Henns,  and  fower  cowple  of  Chickens 
One  dozen  of  egges,  two  cowple  of  Piggions,  md  two  poundes 

of  butter  •  •  .  ... 

Wine  bought  Jot  the  uses  aforesaid. 

The  22th  of  August,  paid  for  one  Rundlett  of  Sack  and  seaven 
gallons  att  vi'  viii**  the  gallon,  one  Rundlett  of  Clarett  and 
two  gallons  and  a  quart  att  5s.  4d.  the  gallon  and  a  Rundlett 
of  white  wine  and  to  gallons  &  a  quart  att  v"  iiii**  the  gallon  . 

The  23th  of  August,  for  a  gallon  of  Sack  and  a  gallon  one  pottle 
and  a  point  of  Clarett       .  .  ... 

The  24th  of  August  for  five  gallons  of  Sack  and  five  gallons  of 
Clarett  .  .  .  ... 

The  25th  of  August  for  tenn  gallons  and  a  pottle  of  Sack  and 
eleaven  gallons  &  a  pottle  of  Clarett  wine 

The  27  th  August  for  eight  gallons  of  Sack  and  thirteene  gallons 
and  a  quart  of  Clarrett  wine  .  ... 

The  28th  of  August  for  nyne  gallons  and  a  pottle  of  Sack . 

The  30th  of  August  for  tenn  gallons  of  Sack  ajid  eleaven  gallons 
of  Clarrett        .  .  .  ... 

The  first  of  September  for  three  gallons  and  a  quart  of  Sack  and 
eleaven  gallons  of  Clarrett  .  ... 

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02  02  00 

00  10  10 

(X)  01  02 

01  18  08 

00  08  II 
03  II  00 

01  18  06 

00  08  05 

01  08  06 

04  10  07 

01  QI  04 
00  03  10 


04  17  04 

00  15  04 

03  06  08 

06  II  04 

06  04  00 

03  03  04 

06  05  04 

04  00  04 


The  second  of  September  for  nyne  gallons  of  Sack  eleaven 
gallons  of  Clarrett  and  five  gallons  of  white  wine 

The  third  of  September  for  nyne  gallons  of  Sack  eleaven  gallons 
and  a  quart  of  Clarrett  and  for  a  dozen  and  a  halFe  of  glasses 

Spices. 

The  25th  of  August  one  Pound  of  pepper  and  half(  a  pound  of 

Ginger  and  fower  poundes  of  Mace 
fower  ounces  of  Nutmegges  and  two  quires  of  paper  &  thirteene 

pound  &  a  half  of  sugar  .  .  ... 

One  ounce  of  Cloves  one  ounce  of  mace  and  an  ounce  of  pepper 
One  ounce  of  nutmeggs  one  ounce  of  Sinnimon  one  ounce  of 

sugar  and  a  Charger  of  Sweet  meates 
The  29th  of  August  thirteene  pounds  and  a  quarter   of  sugar 

thirteene  pounds  of  reasons  &  eight  pounds  of  <:urrants 
fower  pounds  of  sugar  fower  pounds  of  raisons  and  1  hree  pounds 

of  Barley  .  .  ,  ... 

fower  sugar  Loaves  waighinge  13  pounds  &  a  halfe  three  pounds 

of  Currants  fower  ounces  of  pepper  &  fower  oun  :es  of  cloves 
Two  ounces  of  mace  fower  ounces  of  nutmeggen  and  fower 

ounces  of  Sinnomon  .  .  ... 

for  a  gallon  and  a  poynt  of  Olives  a  quart  of  Oyle  and  halfe  a 

pound  of  Anchoves  .  .  ... 

for  one  quire  of  Capp  paper  and  two  quires  of  writuige  paper 

Candles  bought. 

The  27th  of  August  for  five  pounds  of  Candles 

The  28th  of  August  for  Thirty  pounds  of  Candles 

The  31th  of  August  for  Twelve  pounds  of  Candles 

The  first  of  September  for  Twelve  pounds  of  Candhs 

The  second  of  September  for  two  Dozen  pounds  of  Candles 

Paid  the  Porters  and  Crickers  for  carringe  beare  from  severall 


places 


The  23th  of  August  for  ffruite 
The  24th  of  August  for  fruite 
The  25th  of  August  for  fruite 


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The  26th  of  August  for  fruite 

The  27th  of  August  for  fruite 

The  28th  of  August  for  fruite 

The  29th  of  August  for  fruite 

The  30th  of  August  for  fruite 

The  31th  of  August  for  fruite 

The  first  of  September  for  fruite 

For  a  dozen  of  Lemmons  and  a  Dozen  of  Oringes 

For  five  Cucumbers 

For  five  Oringes  and  tenn  Lemmois 

The  second  of  September  for  fruite 

The  Third  of  September  for  fruite 


ffiower. 

Paid  John  George  for  53  Pecks  of  ffyne  fflower  att  ij"  vj*^  the  peck 
Paid  John  George  for  16  peckes  of  Wheaten  fflower  att  ij*  the  peck 
Paid  John  George  for  nyne  peckes  of  ffine  fflower  att  ij'  vj«*  the  peck 
Paid  John  Stoneall  for  fower  peckes  of  fyne  flower  a:t  ij"  vj**  the  peck 
Paid  Edward  Jecocks  for  three  peckes  of  fyne  flower  att  ij"  vj**  the 

pecic  •  •  •  •  •         • 

Paid  John  Clarke  for  five  peckes  of  fyne  flower  att  ij'  iiij*^  the  peck 
Paid  Roger  Clarke  for  fower  strike  of  wheaten  meale  att  vij"  mf 

the  strike  .  .  .  ... 

Paid  Richard  Durant  for  two  bushels  of  meale 

Paid  for  Mainchant  spent  att  the  Denery  .  ... 

j-flower  sent  into  the  fastrey. 

Two  strike  and  halfe  of  flower,  the  one  strike  att  los.  and  the 
other  strike  and  halfe  at  los.  vj<** 

five  Peckes  more  att  ij"*  iii*^*  the  pecke 

One  pecke  and  a  halfe  of  flower  att 

Two  Peckes  of  flower  att 

fFower  Peckes  more  of  fyne  flower  att 

Two  Pecks  more  of  flower  att 

They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  they  were  Compelled  to  paye  to 
the  Scots  Kinges  Officers  which  they  claymed  as  their  fees 
due  to  them      .  .  •  .  .        . 

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06  12  06 

01  06  00 

01  02  06 

00  10  00 

00  07  06 

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01  09  04 
00  14  06 
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They  praye  to  be  allowed  That  they  paid  to  severall  ])ersons  that 

were  sent  into  the  Country  to  buy  provisions    . 
They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  they  paid  Thomas  W  nsmore  for 

ale  for  the  Kinge  of  Scotts  Table    .  ... 

They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  they  paid  for  a  dozen  of  Damaske 

napkins  sent  to  the  Denery  and  there  lost 
They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  they  paid  for  fower  Ri  ndletts  sent 

to  the  Denary  with  wyne  and  there  lost 
They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  they  paid  for  Twigge  1  and  glasse 

wine  bottles  sent  to  the  Denary  and  there  lost 
They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  they  paid  for  Three  Butter  potts 

lost  or  broken  att  the  Denary  .  ... 

They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  they  paid  for  three  poi:it  potts  sent 

with  Olives  to  the  Denary  and  there  lost 
They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  they  paid  for  two  Pe  After  Dishes 

lost  att  the  Denaey  .  .  ... 

They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  they  paid  for  two  flasketts  and  a 

Baskett  sent  to  the  Denary  with  fruite  and  there  lost    . 
They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  they  paid  two  men  that  were  hired 

to  Carry  and  re-carry  provisions  and  other  necessar  es  betweene 

the  Denary  and  other  places  in  the  Towne 

Frovinier, 

Paid  for  three  strikes  of  Oates 

for  two  strikes  of  Beanes 

for  Twelve  strikes  of  Oates 

for  Three  strikes  and  a  halfe  of  Oates 

for  Thirteene  strikes  of  Oates 

They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  was  required  of  then  by  Henry 
Bauldwin,  Henry  Richards,  Roger  Pitt  and  others,  and  by 
their  meanes  with  compulsion  of  the  souldiers  were  forced 
to  paye  Henry  Baldwin     .  .  ... 

To  Roger  Pytt         .  .  .  ... 

They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  they  were  enforced  to  paye  for 
Eight  Hundred  a  quarter  and  23  pounds  of  Barr  Iron 

For  two  pounds  of  the  best  Steele  .  ... 

For  worke  done  by  Earlsgate  and  his  men 

For  Three  hundred  of  Lead  att  15s.  the  hundred     . 

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00  07  06 

00  05  04 

01  09  00 

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Paid  to  the  Kinge  of  Scotts  Trumpeter    .  ... 

They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  they  paid  for  a  baaquett  of  sweet 

meates  which  Mr.  Pytt  deliv^d  to  entertaine  the  Kinge  of 

Scotts  as  by  a  note  under  Mr.  Pytt's  hand  appeareth     . 
They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  was  by  them  paid  for  Charges 

in  Lawe    brought   against   them   for   Mr.  Pytt's   debt   and 

Mr.  Baldwin's  debt 
They  praye  to  be  allowed  that  was  by  them  paid  unto  Mr.  Ashbie 

as    executor    of "  Launcelott    Stoneall    for    glasses    which 

Mr.  Stoneall  delivered      .  .  ... 

The  totals  are  not  brought  down  or  carried  forward,  but  from  marginal  notes 
of  the  accountant  he  appears  (there  are  some  inaccuracies)  to  have  made  the  final 
total  ;^i83  14s.  4d. 

Although  this  curious  account  thus  concludes  in  an  apparently  unfinished 
manner,  still,  from  the  nature  of  the  last  entries,  there  appears  little  doubt  that  it 
is  perfect  and  entire.  The  precise  place  of  the  Iving's  stay  whilst  in  Worcester 
has  been  hitherto  the  subject  of  some  uncertainty,  but  the  last  eight  items  in  the 
account  for  "flower"  appear  sufficiently  conclusive  that  His  Majesty  found 
quarters  at  the  Deanery. 

If  this  be  so  then  the  generally  accepted  belief  that  the  King  was  quartered 
in  the  Corn  Market  falls  to  the  ground,  and  we  can  only  suppose  that  *•  King 
Charles'  House  "  received  its  name  from  the  legend  that  the  King  escaped  through 
it  when  he  fled  from  the  city  after  the  disaster  of  September  3rd. 

The  ancient  and  faithful  city  did  not  forget  its  congratulations  upon 
His  Majesty's  Coronation  after  the  Restoration  in  166 1.  This  appears  from  the 
following  extract  from  the  audits  : — 

The  said  Chamberlaines  priiie  to  be 
Allowed  and  are  allowed  the  Charge  Expended  the  Day 
of  the  Kinge's  Ma"®*"  Coronation, 
(vizt.) 
Payed  Mr.  SoUey  for  twelve  quarts  of  Clarrett  Wyne,  sixe  quartes 
of  Canarie  sack,  sixe  quartes  of  white  wine,  two  ounces  of 
Tobacco,  and  twelve  papers  of  sugar  sent  to  the  Towne 
hall,  that  time  being  the  23th  of  April,  1661     . 
Payed  him  more  for  3  quartes  of  Canarie  sack,  3  quartes  of  white 

wine,  and  sixe  sugars  sent  to  the  Hall  at  the  5ame  time 
Payed  Thomas  Read  for  2  quarts  of  Sack  and  two  quartes  of 
ffrench  wine  sent  to  the  hall  the  same  time 


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{From  an  eighteenth-century  engraving  in  possession  of  Mr.  F.  J.  Spackman 


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Payed  Ambrose  Meredith  for  53^  weight  of  gunpowde* 
Payed  him  for  six  dozen  of  Match  .  ... 

Payed  him  for  two  pounds  of  Tobacco     .  ... 

Payed  Robert  Brooke  for  two  hogsheads  of  beere  and  i  grosse  of 
Tobacco  Pipes  .  .  ... 

;^08    15   00. 

The  civic  worthies,  whilst  thus  roystering  over  tl:  e  accomplishment  of  their 
loyal  hopes,  sought  also  a  more  permanent  mode  of  e^  incing  their  attachment  to 
the  royal  person,  as  I  find  at  the  same  audit : — 

They  are  allowed  the  charge  of  settir  g  up  the 
Kinge's  Statue  at  the  Towne  Hall. 
PAIED  Stephen  Baldwyne  for  cuttinge  and  settinge  up  1  he  Kinge's 

Statue  accordinge  to  the  agreement  .  ... 

Payed  him  more  for  his  men's  wages  in  setting  up  of  die  pediston 

and  the  arch      .  .  .  ... 

Payed  Baynham  for  the  stone  for  erecting  the  pillar 

Payed  John  Twitty  for  carrienge  of  Stone  from  Hadle^ 

Payed  for  the  vse  of  the  winde  to  winde  up  the  Stone  and  Statue 

Payed  John  Edkins  for  gildinge  the  Statue  by  Maior's  order 

Other  charges  occur  for  stone  from  Hadley,  for  labour,  and  various  expenses, 
amounting  in  the  whole  to  £^\  4s.  6d. 

Amongst  the  names  which  will  be  for  ever  remembered  in  connection  with 
the  escape  of  the  King  is  that  of  Penderel.  Those  t  -usty  men  were  honoured 
then  with  a  degree  of  warmth  with  which  heroes  are  re:eived.  One  very  interest- 
ing entry  in  the  audit  of  1665  attests  this  : — 

For  wyne  from  Mr.  Reade  when  the  Prnrells  who 

p'served  the  King  were  at  the  hall  .         .  8/-. 

One  or  two  other  interesting  and  curious  facts  muy  be  gathered  from  these 
accounts. 

The  King  is  everywhere  spoken  of  as  the  King  af  Scots,  although  he  had 
been  publicly  proclaimed  King  of  Great  Britain,  France,  and  Ireland  by  the  Mayor 
(Thos.  Lysons)  and  the  Sheriff  (James  Bridges).  But  tiese  two  men  had  paid  the 
penalty  of  their  loyalty  and  temerity.  They  had  beer  taken  prisoners  after  the 
battle,  sent  to  London,  and  committed  to  the  Tower  to  await  trial.  Subordinate 
officials  were  very  careful  not  to  incur  a  like  displeasure  of  the  ruling  powers. 
The  accounts  were  made  up  and  audited  while  Cromwjll  was  paramount. 

Another  curious  thing  shown  by  the  accounts  is  t  lat  when  the  citizens  were 


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desirous  of  appeasing  those  in  power  after  the  King's  flight,  they  sent  them 
presents  of  lamprey  pies.  Twelve  lampreys  were  made  into  four  pies  which  were 
sent  to  London  as  a  present  to  the  Lord  General  and  the  Lord  Chief  Baron.  Eight 
lampreys  were  made  into  two  pies  and  presented  to  Mr.  Lechmere  and  Major 
Salloway.  These  six  pies  cost  the  citizens  £i  4s.  od.,  and  the  carriage  of  them 
to  London,  12  s. 

In  feasting  the  King  the  citizens  spent  lavishly.  **  One  whole  beefe,"  "one 
calf  of  veale"  are  representative  items ;  but  there  are  no  lampreys.  Possibly 
the  citizens  remembered  the  fate  of  a  former  Icing — Henry  I  had  died  of  eating 
lampreys — and  they  wished  to  run  no  risk  with  Charles  II,  the  monarch  who  had 
not  then  merited  the  sobriquet  of  "  merrie." 


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APPENDIX   III 


Items  relating  to  the  Battle  of  Worcester, 

September  3,  165 1 


(Transcribed  by  Mr.  R.  H.  Murray,  of  Eldesfield,  Worcester,  from  the  Church- 
wardens' Accounts  of  St.  Michael  in  Bedwar  line,  Worcester) 


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Itm  Rec**'  of  Mr.  Richard  Blurton  for  breaking  the  ground  in 
the  body  of  the  Church  for  buryall  of  a  Scotchtnar>  that  dyed 
in  his  home     .  .  •  ... 

Itm  Rec'*'  Nov  24^^  1651.  of  Mrs  Anne  Wyldd  of  the  Comandere 
from  a  private  gentleman  of  Herefordshire  to  be  iistributed 
amongst  the  poor  of  this  said  parrish,  &  thost?  that  had 
suffered  extremities  by  sickness  or  plunder  (being  oart  of  20" 
sent  to  the  Citty  &  suburbs)  .  ... 

Itm  payd  to  Mr  Hunt  &  others  Sep  17^^  for  buryall  of  tome  of  the 
Scotts,  .  ,  .  ... 

Itm    bestowed  in  Inere  upon  an  Officer  of  the  Marsha  Us  in  pro- 
curing him  to  cleere  our  Church  of  the  Scotts 
Ffor  making  cleane  the  Church  Oct  29***  (Mr  Hu  Dand  being 
then  dead)  2*-6'*'  and  for  Carryage  of  the  litter  av  ay  w<*  the 
Scotts  lay  upon  6^'  .  ,  .  ,  , 

The  lo"*  Rent  of  Mr.  Williams  after  the  death  of  Mr  Huband 
was  distributed  in  Nov:  i6ji.  as  follows,  viz.  :o  20  men 
and  women  at  from  4"*  to  12^  each  including  a  poo'  Scotchman 
&  A  Scatchnvoman  \2^'  each  .  ... 

Itm  The  lo"-  Rec*'*  of  Mr.  Kent  was  then  distributed  the  1 1***  of 
November  165 1,  (his  wife  being  then  buryed  in  tie  Church) 
as  followeth  viz — to  18.  poor  men  &  women  6'*-  and  A 
wounded  live  Scott  6*^  &  a  Scotchwoman  6^  each   . 

Itm  The  XXX"-  rent  of  Mrs  Ann  Widd  from  Thos  Horsforth 
Shield  Gent,  was  distributed  the  26^  of  November  1651 — 
as  followeth.  To  24.  men  &  women  at  from  6**  to  2/  each 
including  the  above  A  wounded  live  Scott  i/-  A  ScGtchwoman  i/- 
8i  V/^  T  Leigh  in  prison  l^' 6^'  .  .  .  . 

To  13  women  5  men  each  receiving  from  i/-  to  5/-  each  & 
the  Scotchwoman  1/6  &  z  poor  live  Soldier  2/- 
1652  Imprime  ifor  the  charges  of  transportinge  of  cripples  at  several 
times  since  the  say«^  Leonard  came  into  his  said  C'ffice 

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1655  To  Robert  Birch  in  Discharge  of  certaine  money  heretofore 
Disbursed  by  him  in  the  pish  behalf  in  the  time  of  the  warres 
To  II  women  at  from  i/-  to  4/-  each  &  to  5  poor  men  at 
from  l/-  to  2/6  &  to  A  wounded  Live  Soldier  in  great  distress  2/- 
And  to  ye  2  Churchwardens  out  of  Harris  guift  i/- 
Layd  out  by  Robert  Birch  one  of  these  Accountants  as 
foUoweth  viz 

fFor  buryall  of  those  Scotts  that  were  slain  8c  dyed  in  o' 
parrish,  the  Pallace  the  College,  College  Green,  Castle  Hill 
&  ye  privity  of  those  several  places  &  of  divers  others  that 
were  brought  out  of  ye  Cittie  of  Worce'  &  lay**  in  the 
Churchyard     .  .  .  ... 


£       «.       d. 

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Charles  II  at  Brighthelmstone 

By  Frederick  Harrison,  M.A. 

(A  Paper  read  at  a  meeting  held  at  the  Brighton  Library  and  Museum 

on  the  occasion  of  the  visit  of  the  Carolean  Pilgrims  to  that 

town  on  September  8,  1911*) 


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*  Owing  to  the  illness  of  the  author  of  the  paper  it  WcS  read  by  his  brother,  Dr. 
Walter  Harrison. 


-rt-^ 


yrsT. 


■SBESS&SSS 


CHARLES   II   AT  BRIGHTHELMSTONE 


The  story  of  the  escape  of  Charles  II  from  Brighton  tc 
locally  from  the  account  of  Colonel  Counter,  which  h 
in  books  dealing  with  our  Royal  Town,  that  I  shoul 
was  needed  for  repeating  the  narrative,  if  it  were  not 
visitors  who  have  made  the  Commemorative  Pilgrimage, 
as  hearty  a  welcome  as  we  should  to  the  Merrie  Monan 
us  with  another  visit. 

Some  thirty  years  ago,  the  late  Mr.  Frederick  Saw 
siderable  repute,  contributed  an  article  to  the  Sussex  Arc 
the  Escape  of  Charles  II,  which  is  so  exhaustive  that  I  ha 

The  sources   from   which   my  story   is  compiled 
narrative ;  the  account  dictated  by  Charles  to  Pepys  at  > 
from  Baker's  Chronicles  of  the  Kings  of  England.     I  have 
what  our  Mayor  says  in  his  interesting  and  scholarly  v 
Civil  War. 

It  was  on  Wednesday,  15  October,  165 1,  that  Color 

to  secure  a  boat  at  Emsworth,  and  elsewhere,  arrangec 

through  Francis  Mansel,  a  merchant  who  traded  with  Fn 

dean,  to  have  a  vessel  ready  at  short  notice  to  carry  the 

take  up  the  account  from  the  time  that  Charles  and  his  fr 

They  had  met    Morley,  the  Governor  of  Arundel  Casi 

to  hunt,  but  fortunately  escaped  notice  by  dismounting 

Bramber  they  found  the  place  full  of  soldiers  who  had 

bridge.     Lord  Wilmot  suggested  they  should  turn  back,  b 

on  boldly.     This  they  did  and  passed  unsuspected  by  the 

were  not  yet  free  from  all  danger,  as  the  same  soldiers,  sor 

on  and  overtook  them,  brushing  by  them  in  a  narrow  laj 

them.    At  Beeding  Counter  had  provided  some  refreshmen 

Wilmot  would  have  no  stopping  while  the  soldiers  were 

sidered  safer   that   they  should  part.   Counter   agreed    t 

and   see   that   all    was   clear   and   send    word  to  Charle 

road  and  I  assume  took  to  the  Downs.     Counter  rode  c 

*  257 


France  is  so  well  known 

as  been  often  reproduced 

i  feel  that  some  apology 

for  the  presence  of  our 

and  to  whom  we  extend 

h  himself,  if  he  favoured 

y^er,  an  antiquary  of  con- 
haeological  Collections  on 
/e  but  little  to  add  to  it. 
ire  : — Colonel  Counter's 
ewmarket  in  1680  ;  and 
not  omitted  also  to  read 
'ork,  Sussex  in  the  Great 

el  Counter,  having  failed 
with  Captain  Tettersell 
nee,  and  lived  at  Oving- 
King  to  France.     I  shall 
ends  arrived  at  Bramber. 
le,  as  he  was  going  out 
When  they  arrived  at 
been  sent  to  guard  the 
It  Counter  advised  going 
Roundheads ;  but  they 
le  forty  in  number,  came 
le  and  almost  unhorsing 
ts  for  the  King,  but  Lord 
about.     As  it  was  con- 
3   ride   on   to   Brighton 
5.      The  King   left  the 
n,  and  on  his  arrival  at 


The  Royal  Miracle 


Brighton  found  all  clear,  and  the  George  Inn  free  from  all  strangers.  Having 
taken  the  best  room  he  ordered  supper,  and  was  regaling  himself  with  a  glass  of 
wine  when  Charles  came,  having  found  no  accommodation  to  his  mind  elsewhere. 
Before  continuing  my  narrative  I  should  like  to  say  a  few  words  about  South- 
wick  and  its  claim  to  a  share  in  the  King's  escape.  There  is  a  tradition  that  the 
Green  was  given  by  Charles  to  the  people  out  of  gratitude  for  his  escape ;  and  there 
is  an  old  cottage  which  claims  to  have  been  a  hiding-place  for  His  Majesty.  The 
cupboard  upstairs  and  the  steps  leading  to  it  may  be  seen.  So  far  as  the  Green  is 
concerned  I  have  investigated  the  matter,  and  have  ascertained  that  there  is  no 
evidence  whatever  to  support  the  legend.  The  Green  formed  a  part  of  the  waste 
of  the  Manor  of  Horton,  and  all  the  rights  of  the  lord  were  transferred  to  the 
District  Council  of  Southwick  in  190 1.  There  is  no  entry  on  the  Rolls  as  to  the 
Green  in  the  time  of  Charles  II,  and  consequently  he  could  not  have  given  it. 
There  is  no  mention  of  Charles  having  been  to  any  cottage  while  riding  to  Brighton 
from  Beeding  ;  but  as  he  said  himself  that  he  could  not  find  any  accommoda- 
tion to  his  mind  elsewhere,  he  must  have  looked  for  it.  It  is  therefore  just  possible, 
as  Tettersell's  boat  was  lying  in  the  harbour  there,  that  he  entered  the  cottage,  but 
he  could  only  have  stayed  there  for  a  few  minutes  if  he  did  so,  as  he  rejoined 
Gounter  soon  after  his  arrival  at  the  George  Inn.* 

A  second  tradition  is  that  of  Charles  having  been  to  Ovingdean.  This  has 
been  popularised  by  Harrison  Ainsworth's  interesting  novel,  Ovingdean  Grange. 
In  the  Grange  there  is  a  recess  behind  a  fireplace,  which  is  the  traditional  hiding- 
place.  As  we  shall  see  that  Charles  was  only  in  Brighton  for  a  few  hours,  it  would 
have  been  impossible  for  him  to  have  gone  to  Ovingdean  at  all.  He  had  no 
necessity  to  go  there. 

So  much  for  two  traditions  ;  now  for  the  third.  Where  was  the  George  Inn  ? 
Until  lately  the  King's  Head,  West  Street,  was  considered  to  be  the  house.  The 
name  was  changed  from  the  George  to  the  King's  Head  after  the  Restoration. 
Mr.  Sawyer  investigated  the  matter  thoroughly,  and  from  the  fact  that  after  a  care- 
ful examination  of  the  Court  Rolls  the  present  King's  Head  is  not  even  described 
as  an  inn  until  1 754 — when  it  is  called  the  George — whilst  there  was  "an  Inne 
called  the  George"  on  the  east  side  of  Middle  Street  in  1656 — there  can  be  but 
little  doubt  that  it  was  there  and  not  in  West  Street  that  Charles  stopped  for  the 
night.  However,  I  have  recently  seen  in  the  splendid  collection  of  prints  and 
drawings  of  old  Brighton  belonging  to  Mr.  Blaber.  of  Cromwell  Road,  a  water-colour 
drawing,  made  by  a  local  artist  in  the  first  half  of  last  century,  which  purports  to 
be  a  copy  of  a  print  dated   1662.     In  this  the  King's  Head  in  West  Street  is 

*  See  Introduction,  pp.  45-6. 
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Charles  II  at  Brighthelmstone 

certainly  shown.  I  have  not  seen  the  original  print,  :ind  at  the  British  Museum 
they  have  been  unable  to  corroborate  the  existence  of  sich.  Another  detail  is  of 
interest.  Gounter  says  that  the  horses  were  led  the  bac  k  way  to  the  beach.  This 
was  quite  possible  for  the  West  Street  house,  as  there  were  no  buildings  behind  it 
and  only  one  between  it  and  the  beach  on  the  south,  e\  en  years  later.  The  house 
in  Middle  Street  would  have  had  some  cottages  in  the  rear  as  well  as  to  the  south 
of  it. 

On  the  water-colour  drawing  we  read  :  «  Ye  King's  Head  in  ye  West  Street, 
at  Brighthelmstone :  in  which  Kyng  Charles  passed  ye  night  before  his  happy 
escape  into  Fraunce.  (From  a  scarce  print  in  the  possession  of  Bulkeley  C. 
Ricketts  Esqr)     Date  on  the  print  1 662." 

Madame  D'Arblay  writes  that  "Mrs.  Thrales'  house  was  at  the  court  end 
of  Brighton,  exactly  opposite  the  King's  Head,  where  Charles  II  stayed  just  before 
his  escape  to  France."  She  adds  :  "I  fail  not  to  looi  at  it  with  satisfaction,  and 
his  black-wigged  Majesty  has  from  the  time  of  the  Restoration  been  its  sign."  On 
Royal  Oak  Day,  29  May,  this  sign  had  a  branch  of  oak  attached.  The  sign  has 
since  disappeared. 

To  return  to  our  narrative  of  the  party  at  the  Gecrge  Inn. 

On  the  arrival  of  the  King  and  Lord  Wilmot,  Sm  th,  the  innkeeper,  came  to 
Colonel  Gounter  and  told  him  that  more  guests  had  cone.  When  Gounter  heard 
the  King's  voice  saying  to  Lord  Wilmot,  «'  Here,  Mr.  Barlow,  I  drink  to  you  ! " 
he  asked  Smith  to  inquire  whether  one  of  the  guests  wai  not  a  major  in  the  King's 
army.  The  innkeeper  did  so,  and  the  Colonel  being  sstisfied  as  to  who  the  new- 
comers were  joined  them,  and  the  party  sat  in  Counter's  room  for  supper.  In  the 
number  were  Tettersell  and  Mansell.  The  King  was  quite  at  his  ease,  cheerful  as 
usual,  without  showing  any  fear  whatever  of  danger.  The  sang-froid  of  Charles 
enabled  him  on  many  occasions  to  play  the  part  of  1  Roundhead  successfully. 
When  supper  was  finished,  Tettersell  took  Mansell  asi  ie  and  complained  that  he 
had  not  been  dealt  fairly  with  ;  as  although  he  had  been  Daid  a  good  price  [£6d)  for 
carrying  over  gentlemen  he  had  not  been  told  clearly  who  they  were.  "For," 
added  the  skipper,  "  he  is  the  King  and  I  know  him  to  be  so  ! "  Mansell  denied 
this;  but  Tettersell  persisted,  saying  that  Charles,  when  in  command  of  the  fleet 
in  1648,  had  taken  his  boat  with  other  fishing  vessels  cfF  the  Downs,  but  had  let 
them  go  again.  Tettersell  was,  however,  loyal,  for  he  said  :  "Be  not  troubled  at 
It,  for  I  thmk  I  do  God  and  my  countr)-  good  service  in  preserving  the  King ;  and 
by  the  grace  of  God,  I  will  venture  my  life  and  all  for  iiim,  and  set  him  safely  on 
shore,  if  I  can,  in  France." 

Mansell  informed  the  King  of  what  Tettersell  h:id  said.     It  was  not  long 
before  Charles  was  again  recognised.     This  time  it  wai  by  Smith,  the  innkeeper, 

259 


The  Royal  Miracle 


m 


who  is  said  to  have  been  in  the  late  King's  Guards.  Smith  kissed  Charles's  hand  and 
said  :  «  God  bless  you,  wheresoever  you  go  !  I  do  not  doubt,  before  I  die,  but  to 
be  a  lord  and  my  wife  a  lady."  Charles  laughed  and  went  to  another  room  to 
avoid  further  conversation. 

Gounter  wished  to  know  when  Tettersell  would  be  ready.     The  skipper  said 
his  boat  was  lying  aground  and  he  could  not  get  her  off  that  night.     The  wind 
had  been  contrary.     The  King  then  opened  the  window,  and  observing  that  the 
wind  had  changed,  £io  more  was  offered  to  Tettersell  to  get  off  that  night.     He 
said  he  could  not,  but  he  would  have  his  crew  aboard.     Another  difficulty  then 
arose.     Tettersell  said  he  must  have  his  bark  insured,  and  Gounter  was  obliged  to 
accede  to  the  request  to  the  amount  of  £200.     Yet  one  more  demand  from  the 
skipper.     He  required  a  bond.     This  upset  Gounter  and  he  became  indignant, 
saying  that  there  were  other  boats.     The  King  interposed  and  said  that  the  word 
of  a  gentleman,  especially  before  witnesses,  was  as  good  as  his  bond.     Tettersell 
was  at  last  satisfied  and  went  off  to  get  ready.     The  King  and  Lord  Wilmot  then 
rested  for  a  few  hours  in  their  clothes.     Gounter  apparently  was  on  watch  while 
they  retired  and  aroused  them  about  two  in  the  morning.     Charles  in  the  account 
he  gave  Pepys  says  four  o'clock.     The  horses  were  led  the  back  way  to  the  beach 
and  they  went  towards  Shoreham,  taking  Tettersell  with   them  on   horseback 
behind  one  of  the  company.     As  Charles  said  it  was  about  four  miles  from  Bright- 
helmstone,  the  boat  would  have  been  lying  off  Scuthwick. 

As  it  was  low  tide  the  King  and  Wilmot  went  up  the  ladder  and  lay  down 
in  the  little  cabin.     The  "  Surprise  "  was  lying  dry. 

About  seven  o'clock  in  the  morning  it  was  high  tide  and  the  boat  sailed  away. 
Gounter  took  leave  of  the  King  and  begged  his  pardon  if  he  had  done  anything 
through  error  that  might  happen  amiss ;  he  also  begged  the  King  not  to  divulge 
who  had  helped  him  in  his  escape  as  it  might  bring  them  into  trouble.  The  King 
readily  promised  not  to  divulge  and  kept  his  word,  telling  many  fairy  tales  in 
regard  to  his  flight  from  Worcester. 

Gounter  waited  until  eight  o'clock  with  horses  in  readiness  in  case  anything 
unexpected  should  happen,  and  it  must  have  been  with  a  sigh  of  relief  that  he 
saw  the  boat  disappear  in  the  distance,  sailing  in  the  direction  of  the  Isle  of  Wight 
as  if  Tettersell  had  a  freight  of  sea-coal  for  Poole.  Gounter  had  not  left  Brighton 
two  hours  before  soldiers  came  thither  to  search  for  a  tall  black  man  six  feet  two 
inches  high. 

Tettersell  desired  the  King  to  aid  him  in  avoiding  any  suspicion  on  the  part  of 
his  small  crew  by  a  subterfuge.  The  King  was  to  go  to  the  men  and  say  that 
he  and  Wilmot  were  two  merchants  who  had  money  owing  them  at  Rouen  and 
were  afraid  of  being  arrested  in   England.     Would  the  men   back  him  up  in 

260 


Charles  II  at  Brighthelmstone 

persuading  the  skipper  to  change  his  course  and  hnd  them  somewhere  near 
Dieppe?  Charles  did  so.  His  persuasive  powers  pljs  twenty  shillings  won  the 
men  over  to  his  plan,  and  they  went  with  him  to  Tettersell  to  persuade  him  to 
run  to  France.  Tettersell  counterfeited  unwillingness  at  first  but  yielded  to 
pressure.  The  next  morning  they  were  off  Fecamp  As  there  was  a  vessel  in 
sight  Charles  and  Lord  Wilmot  landed  in  a  cock-boat.  Richard  Carver,  the  mate, 
a  descendant  of  Alrych  Carver,  carried  the  King  to  shDre  on  his  back.  They  had 
no  sooner  reached  shore  than  a  storm  arose  and  Tettsi^ell  was  obliged  to  cut  the 
cable  and  lost  his  anchor,  for  which  Gounter  had  to  pay  ;^8.  The  boat  was  back 
at  Chichester  on  the  Friday. 

After  the  Restoration  Tettersell  was  rewarded  bj  a  commission  in  the  Royal 
Navy  and  a  pension.  In  167 1  he  acquired  "one  messuage  or  tenement  one 
stable  one  garden  and  one  croft  of  land  belonging  to  the  same  and  containing  by 
estimation  one  rood  the  Old  Shipp  &c  in  the  Hemps lares."  This  was  no  doubt 
part,  if  not  the  original  site,  of  the  present  Old  Shif  Hotel.  Whether  he  kept 
the  house  as  well  is  not  known.  In  1670  he  was  K  igh  Constable  of  Brighton. 
In  1674  he  died  and  is  buried  in  St.  Nicholas  Churchyard.  The  inscription  on 
his  tombstone  to  the  south  of  the  chancel  runs  thus: — 

P        M        S 

Cap  Nicholas  Tettersell  through  wt  ose  Prudenc 
Valour  an  Loyalty  Charles  the  second  king  of 
England  and  after  he  had  escaped  the  sword 
His  merciless  resells  and  his  fforces  r  eceiued  a 

FatALL  OUERTUROWE  at  WORCESTER  SE'T  3°  1 65 1 

was  ffaithfully  preserued  and  conueyjd  into 
ffrance  Departed  this  life  the  26^dai  of  july  1674 
within  this  marble  m0nue*nt  doth  lye 
Approued  Feaith  Hono"*  and  Loyalty 
In  this  Cold  Clay  he  hath  now  tane  up  his  static 

At  once  PRESERUED  Y  ChURCH  THE  CrO\^  NE  AND  NATION 

WHEN  Charles  y  Greatt  was  nothing  but  a  breat 
this  ualiant  soule  stept  between e  him  and  death 
usuppers  threats  nor  tyrant  rebells  frounb 
Could  not  affright  his  duty  to  the  Crowne 

261 


Ill 


The  Royal  Miracle 

WHICH  Glorious  Act  of  his  for  Church  and  state 
Eight  Princes  in  one  day  did  Gratulatb 
Professing  all  to  him  in  debt  to  bee 
As  all  the  world  are  to  his  memory 
Since  Earth  Could  not  Reward  his  worth  haue  Grie 
Hye  now  receues  it  from  the  King  of  heauen 
In  the  same  Chest  one  Jewell  more  you  haue 
The  Partener  of  his  Vertues  Bed  and  Graue 

///  SS!  SIS 

Susanna  his  wife  who  Decesed  y  4  day  of  may  1672 
To  whose  Pious  Memory  and  his  owne  Hono  Nicholas 

THEIRE  only  SON  AND  JUST  INHERITH  OF  HIS  FeATHERS 

Uertues  hath  payd  his  last  Duty  in  this  Monument 

1676 
Here  also  lieth  Interred  the  body  of  captain 

NICHOLAS   TETTERSELL    HIS   SON    WHO    DEPARTED    THIS 
LIFE      THE  FOURTH  OF  THE  CALLNDS  OF  OCTOBER 

1701  IN  THE  57  Year  of  his  agb 


APPENDIX  V 


The  *' Miraculous  Divergence'* 
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hension OF  THE  FUGITIVE  KiNG  ISSUED  BV  THE  PARLIAMENT 

ON  September  id,   1651 

[From  the  original  in  possession  of  the  writer) 


CHARLES    II.   AT   BRADPOLE 


Tuesday,    September    23,    165 1,    marks   one   of  the 
teresting  events  in  the  annals  of  our  native  village, 
occurred  the  romantic  adventure  to  Charles  II  during  \ 
known  to  history  as  the  "Miraculous  Divergence,"  w 
the  present  moment  by  a  stone,  placed  ten  years  ago, 
of  this  thrilling  royal  adventure,  at  the  junction  of  th 
Lee  Lane.     The  Battle  of  Worcester  was  fought  [on  S 
and  in  the  course  of  his  flight  southwards,  after  sust 
Charles  II  and  his  companions  arrived  on  September  i 
the  Wyndhams  at  Trent,  near  Yeovil.     The  young  Ki 
twenty-first  year  in  the  preceding  May,  was  disguise 
called,  first.  Will  Jones,  and  then  Will  Jackson.     A: 
Colonel  Wyndham  arranged  with  one  Stephen  Limbry, 
vessel  should  take  the  fugitives  on  board  at  Charmouth 
the  Channel.     Early  in  the  morning  of  Monday,  Se 
accompanied  by  Lord  Wilmot,  Colonel  Wyndham,  Mis 
a  serving-man,  Henry  Peters  by  name,  made  their  v 
lonely  house  surrounded  by  woods,  about  two  miles 
they  were  met  by  Mr.  William  Ellesdon,  whose  accou 
the  shape  of  a  letter  addressed  to  Lord  Clarendon,  is 
Library  at  Oxford.     Charles  spent   the  afternoon   at 
tedium  of  waiting  by  drilling  a  hole  through  a  gold  coii 
presented  to  Ellesdon.     In  the  evening  the  party  move 
Charmouth,  which  for  long  years  after  was  known  as  1 
he  passed  the  night,  but  in  the  early  morning  it  becam 
had  occurred.     As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  handbills  off 
the  King's  apprehension  and  threatening    those  who 
dire  penalties,  had  so  frightened  Limbry's  wife  that  si 
husband  in  order  to  prevent  his  carrying  out  the  proj( 
will  not  here  dwell  on  the  incidents  of  his  stay  at  CI 
belong  to  the  history  of  that  picturesque  village,  and 
About  noon  on  the  following  day  the  BLing  and  his 

• 

265 


most  important  and  in- 
It  was  on  that  day  that 
is  flight  from  Worcester, 
lich  is  commemorated  at 
Dn  the  250th  anniversary 
3  Dorchester  Road  with 
jptember  3]  in  that  year, 
lining  a  crushing  defeat, 
y  at  the  mansion  house  of 
ng,  who  had  attained  his 
d  as  a  serving-man,  and 
ter  his  arrival  at  Trent, 
a  Lyme  skipper,  that  his 
,  and  convey  them  across 
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George  Inn,  Bridport,  then  occupying  the  site  of  the  well-known  chemist's  shop 
of  Messrs.  Beach.     Here  they  partook  of  a  hasty  lunch,  but  Charles,  who  per- 
sonated a  groom,  felt  that  he  had  been  recognised  in  the  stable  yard,  and  Lord 
Wilmot  sent  to  say  that  the  troops  at  Charmouth  were  moving  eastwards  and 
that  it  was  necessary  to  leave  Bridport  immediately.     When  they  arrived  near 
the  first  milestone  on   the  Dorchester  Road,  which  is  close  to  the  Bridport 
Cemetery,  Lord  Wilmot  joined  them  and  a  hast}'  consultation  took  place  between 
the  fugitives,  as  Lord  Wilmot  who  now  rejoined  them  had  reason  to  believe  that 
more  troops  were  advancing  on  Bridport  from  Dorchester,  possibly  with  the 
object  of  intercepting  the  party.     The  ready  wit  of  Charles  stood  him  in  good 
stead.     He  at  once  said  that  nothing  else  would  save  them  but  taking  the  first 
turning  to  the  left  and  doubling  back  to  Trent,  where  their  presence  had  not 
been  as  yet  suspected.     A  few  minutes  later  they  turned  into  Lee  Lane,  and  had 
not  been  long  hidden  by  its  high  and  leafy  hedges  when  they  heard  the  clatter 
of  the  Roundhead  cavalry  riding  swiftly  towards  Bridport.     The  King  and  his 
party,  crossing  our  village  of  Bradpole,  struck  on  the  blind  lane,  traces  of  which 
are  still  visible,  leading  to  Watford,  where  they  a  little  later  arrived.     It  was  by 
pure  chance  that  towards  evening  they  found  themselves  at  Broadwindsor,  as 
they  had  intended  to  keep  more  to  the  right  with  the  object  of  reaching  Trent 
as  soon  as  possible.     The  adventures  they  met  with  at  Broadwindsor  do  not 
immediately  concern  us,  although  they  are  quite  as  interesting  as  those  which 
they  encountered  at  Charmouth.     The  loyalty  of  Rhys  Jones,*  the  landlord  of 
the  George  at  Broadwindsor,  was  as  great  as  that  of  Margaret  Wade,  the  landlady 
of  the  Queen's  Head  at  Charmouth.    An  accidental  quarrel  between  the  soldiers, 
who  happened  to  be  at  Broadwindsor  on  their  way  to  embark  at  Bridport  or 
Lyme  for  the  Channel  Islands,  and  the  parochial  authorities,  favoured  the  King's 
escape,  although  he  occupied  the  best  room  in  the  inn,  immediately  above  the 
disputants,  the  noise  of  whose  wrangling  reached  his  ears.     Setting  out  before 
dawn  on  Wednesday,  September  24,  Charles  U  and  his  companions  soon  found 
safety   at   Trent.     Charles   remained   there   for   some   time,   but   on  Tuesday, 
October  14,  he  reached  Brighton  in  safety,  and  on  Wednesday,  October  1 5, 
between  seven  and  eight  a.m.,  he  set  out  in  the  good  ship  *'  Surprise,"  commanded 
by  another  sturdy  loyalist.  Captain  Nicholas  Tettersell,t  bound  for  the  Isle  of 
Wight  and  the  Dorset  port  of  Poole.     At  five  p.m.,  when  still  in  sight  of  the 
island,  a  favourable  wind  sprang  up  which  took  them  rapidly  to  the  French 


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coast.  Next  morning  Charles  and  Lord  Wilmot  were  rowed  ashore  in  the 
cock-boat  and  landed  at  Fecamp.  No  sooner  had  they  landed  than  the  wind 
changed,  and  Tettersell  was  able  to  reach  Poole  without  i  suspicion  that  he  had 
visited  France. 

It  is  in  this  way  that  Bradpole  played  an  important  part  in  what  has  been 
called  the  "  most  remarkable  romance  "  of  English  history.  — A.  M.  B. 


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West  Dorset  Pageant 

July  20,  21  and  22,  191 1 


Episode  II 

The  "Miraculous  Divergence,"  or  the  providential 
escape  of  Charles  II  from  capture  by  turning  down  Lee 
Lane,  Bradpole,  on  Tuesday,  September  23,  165 1.  By 
A.  M.  Broadley  and  H.  Pouncy. 


DRAMATIS   PERSONiE. 


King  Charles  .     .     . 

Lord  Wilmot     .     . 
Colonel  Wyndham    . 

Peters 

Will  Waddon     .     . 

Bend-the-Knees  Jenkin 

Juliana  Coningsby     . 


Aged  twenty-one,  disguised  as  a 
serving-man,  Will  Jackson     . 

His  friend 

A  Royalist 

A  servant  to  Col.  Wyndham     . 

A  farmer  occupying  White 
House  Farm 

A  Roundhead  soldier  in  Cap- 
tain Massey's  troop     .     .     . 

A  girl  about  twenty    .     .     .     . 


Mr.  N.  D.  Bostvorth-Stnith 
Mr.  T.  C.  W,  Carlyon 
Rev.  R.  B.  Goodden 
Mr.  H.  G.  IVay 

Mr.  T.  H.  Beams 

Mr.  Philip  Martin 
Mrs.  R.  B.  Goodden 


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99 


EPILOGUE 

Time.      September  23,  1 65 1  {early  morning). 
Place.      Outside  White  House  Farm  at  the  Bradpde  extremity  0/ 
Lee  Lane,  to  left  of  high  road  to  Dorchester. 

Bend-the-Knees  Jenkin,  a  Parliamentary  trooper,  enttrs  on  horseback. 
He  dismourUs  and  surveys  the  etitrance  to  the  house. 

Jenkin.  Ha,  this  door  will  serve  my  purpose  right  well.  Here  will  I  affix 
the  proclamation.*  But  who  dwelleth  here?  {knocking  loudly).  A  God- 
fearing Commonwealth  man,  I  hope. 

Farmer  Waddon  {coming  out).  How  now?  Who  art  thou,  and  what  is  thy 
will? 

Jbnkin.  I  am  Bend-the-Knees  Jenkin,  a  servant  of  the  Lord  and  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  England.  And  thou  art,  by  (Jod's  grace  I  hope,  an 
honest  Parliamentary  man. 

Farmer  Waddon.     I  trust  I  am  an  honest  man. 

Jenkin.  That  malicious  and  dangerous  traitor,  Charles  Jltuart,  is  lurking  in  this 
neighbourhood.  List  now  {reads  proclamation  and  fix  ^s  to  door).  So  beware, 
good  Master  Farmer,  and  mind  your  ways. 

Will  Waddon  {watches  him  out  of  sight,  then  tears  it  dnvn,  crumples  it  up,  and 
stamps  it  under  foot).  A  thousand  pounds  reward,  :  ndeed  !  Ten  thousand 
would  not  tempt  a  Waddon  of  Bradpole  to  betray  hi:  liege  lord  and  King. 

King  Charles  and  Juliana  Coningsby  riding  pillion,  1x)rd  Wilmot,  Colonel 
Wyndham  and  the  servant  Peters  all  on  horseback  arrive  from  the  left. 
They  draw  rein  near  the  entrance  gate  to  the  farm. 

King  Charles  {reining  up  his  horse  and  mopping  his  brou  with  a  kerchief,  turning 
gallantly  to  JuLiANA  Coningsby).  Fair  lady,  wert  tjiou  jolted  too  rudely  in 
this  breakneck  gallop  downhill  for  our  lives  ? 

Juliana  Coningsby.  Nay,  your  Majesty,  mind  me  not.  Any  jolting  better  than 
capture  by  that  rascally  horde.     Haply  you  are  now  safe! 

•  See  Illustration,  p.  265. 
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King  Charles.  Odds  fish!  friends, 'twere  indeed  a  near  shave.  Five  minutes 
later,  and  the  rightful  King  of  England  might  have  tasted  in  person  the 
temper  of  the  Bridport  dagger  *  and  met  a  felon's  doom.  Short  would  have 
been  my  shrift,  unless  indeed  that  caitiff  Massey  had  sent  me  on  to  London  to 
share  my  sacred  father's  fate  'fore  Whitehall.  A  lucky  thought  that,  that 
counsel  our  retreat  to  Trent.  That  timely  divergence,  'twas  almost  miracu- 
lous, was  our  salvation.  Ne'er  will  I  forget  what  I  owe  to  this  leafy  lane  in 
sweet  West  Dorset.     But  who  cometh  here } 

Will  Waddon  {emerging  from  his  gate  and  doffing  his  hat  deferentially).  Good 
morrow,  gentlemen  all.  Your  servant,  and  yours,  fair  lady !  To  what  does 
our  poor  Bra'pole  owe  this  coming  of  so  goodly  a  company.?  We  have  not 
seen  the  like  since  the  Darset  Committee  turned  our  pa'son  adrift,  and  now 
Mister  Sampson  with  his  vinegar  face  gi\'es  us  sermons  as  long  and  as  dry  as 
old  Barty  Wesley's  over  at  Charmouth  yonder.  But  come,  gentlemen,  full 
sure  am  I  by  the  looks  and  the  locks  of  }  e  that  I  am  talking  to  no  Cropheads, 
but  to  King's  men,  staunch  and  true  like  m'zelf. 

Colonel  Wyndham.  Ah,  I'll  warrant  ye.  So  thou'rt  no  Roundhead  rap- 
scallion. 

Lord  Wilmot.     Nay,  I'll  go  bail.     These  are  honest  folk;  the  West  breeds  no 

traitors. 

Will  Waddon.  Not  I.  And  let  me  tell  'ee  the  Waddons  have  been  King's 
men,  right  and  tight,  lock,  stock  and  barrel,  from  the  merry  May  Day  when 
Queen  Katherine,  God  rest  her  soul,  crowned  Dolly  Waddon  as  Queen  o' 
the  May,  when  she  comed  here  a  hundred  an'  dree  year  agoo  Bra'pole  Veast. 

Colonel  Wyndham.  Ah !  'twas  a  queen  at  Bradpole,  then.  I  suppose  thou 
knowest  me  not .''  {pushing  back  his  hat  to  show  his  face  more  clearly). 

Will  Waddon.  Why,  sure  'tis  Colonel  Wyndham  hizself.  I  zeed  'ee.  Colonel, 
at  Ivell  [i.e.  Yeovil]  Veair  last  Michaelmas ;  and  now  I  greet  'ee  well  at  me 
own  varm  geate. 

Colonel  Wyndham.  Good  friend,  I  thank  thee.  These  young  folk  here  {point- 
ing to  the  King  and  Juliana  Coningsby)  have  just  got  hitched  up  on  the  sly. 
'Twas  a  runaway  match,  thou  must  know.  I  go  with  them  across  the 
border  into  Devonshire  until  this  fair  damsel's  father,  my  good  cousin 
Digby,  finds  his  choler  appeased. 

♦  i.e.  a  halter  that  was  known  facetiously  as  *»a  Bridport  dagger."  By  the  Act  of  Par- 
liament passed  in  the  twenty-first  year  of  the  reiga  of  King  Henry  VIII  Bridport  had  the 
monopoly  of  making  all  the  ropes  required  for  the  Royal  Navy.  In  the  old  "  morality  "  play 
of  that  period  entided  Hycke  Scomer  an  actor  named  "  Imagynacyon  "  is  made  to  say  that  the 
inhabitants  of  Newgate  have  once  a  year  some  "  taw-halters  of  Burporte." 

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97 


Will  Waddon  {who  suspects  the  identity  of  the  King,  iside).  A  likely  story. 
{Aloud.)  Well,  ye're  all  right  welcome  to  the  White  Farm,  as  welcome  as 
King  Charles  hizself  would  be,  God  save  him  from  his  foes,  should  he  ever 
chance  to  come  here  to  Bra'pol !  What  can  I  do  lor  'ee .?  What  'uU  yer 
Worships  teake  ?  'Tis  a  warmish  day,  an  the  zew  jatens  be  droppin'  off  ye 
an'  off  yer  bosses.  Try  a  drap  ov  our  zyder.  'Tis  a  perty  tipple,  every 
whit  zo  bright  an'  brisk  as  what  the  wold  monks  did  meake  a  hundred  year 
an'  mwore  agoo  up  yonder  at  Loders  Priory. 

Juliana  Coningsby.  Good  Colonel,  accept  this  honest  nan's  offer.  I  feel  some- 
what faint  and  weary.     Can  we  not  tarry  here  a  spell  ? 

Lord  Wilmot.     Hark,  friends,  I  hear  the  sound  of  horsemen. 

Colonel  Wyndham.  Belike  {pausing  and  harking  for  a  moment  for  any  sounds 
approaching).  Time  presses,  and  we  might  have  Harry  Digby  at  our  heels 
before  we  know  where  we  are. 

King  Charles.  Come  now,  a  tankard  of  cider  would  i  ot  be  amiss  after  our  hot 
burst  from  Bridport.  The  dust  of  your  Dorset  roads  has  made  my  drottle 
as  dry  as  parchment.     So  bring  out  your  cider,  my  good  fellow. 

Will  Waddon.  Ay,  that  I  u'll.  But  won't  your  worships  an'  the  lady  come  in 
and  rest  awhile  ^ 

Colonel  Wyndham.     No,  no !     We'll  take  it  here  in  the  saddle.     Haste  thee, 

we  must  not  tarry. 
Lord  Wilmot.     Tarry  !     Nay  indeed.     There  be  times  when  a  man  may  stay 

too  long  by  his  cup. 
Will  Waddon  {retiring  with  alacrity).     Ay,  ay.  Til  be  sprack. 
King  Charles  {turning  to  his  companions).    An  honest  soil,  by  my  crown.    Would 

God  that  all  my  subjects  were  of  his  kidney. 
Juliana  Coningsby.     Then  would  not  your  Majesty  be  now  so  hot  and  thirsty 

as  you  are.     {Laughter.) 
King  Charles  {desiring  to  retort  with  a  courtly  compliment)      Nor  perchance  have  so 
fair  a  lady  riding  with  me  on  the  same  horse. 
(Juliana  turns  her  head  to  hide  her  blushes,   whereipon,  to  save  her  confusion, 
Waddon  reappears  bearing  a  tray  with  tankards  ani  a  flagon  of  cider.      While 
pouring  out  the  cider  and  presenting  it  to  them  with  a  profound  bow  to  the  youthful 
King,  he  sings  the  Royalist  Song  : — * 

♦  Dramatic  licence  must  be  pleaded  for  the  introduction  cf  the  song,  as  well  as  for  the 
characters  of  Waddon  and  Jenkin.  The  Waddons  of  Brae  pole,  now  extinct,  are  often 
mentioned  in  connection  with  the  history  of  Dorset  during  the  Civil  War.  A  hill  »  the 
village  bears  that  name. 

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The  Royal  Miracle 

Here's  a  Health  unto  His  Majesty. 

Here's  a  health  unto  His  Majesty 

With  a  fal,  lal,  lal,  la,  h.,  la,  la, 
Confusion  to  his  enemies 

With  a  fal,  lal,  lal,  la,  hi,  la,  la. 
And  he  that  will  not  pledge  his  health, 
I  wish  him  neither  wit  nor  wealth, 
Nor  yet  a  rope  to  hang  himself, 

With  a  fal,  lal,  lal,  la,  la,  la,  la, 

(and  so  forth) 

King  Charles  {smiling  ivith  pleasure^  dofs  his  hat).  Worthy  Waddon,  fain  would 
I  make  thee  meet  recompense  for  thy  loyalty  in  these  sorry  times.  But 
when  Charles  comes  to  his  own  again,  ho  will  not  forget  thee,  thy  cider,  or 
thy  song  {setting  down  his  tankard  and  smacking  his  lips).  No  bad  stirrup-cup. 
And  now  we  must  away. 

Juliana  Coningsby.  Let  me  add  my  thanks  to  Will  Jackson's.  By  my  troth, 
'tis  a  strange  honeymoon.  Good-bye,  farmer  {waving  her  kerchief).  We 
hope  to  meet  you  again  in  Somerset. 

{The  fugitives  ride  off  to  the  right.) 


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OF  SEPTEMBER  3  TO  SEPTEMBE 

On  Saturday,  September  2,  1911,  two  powerful  cars  (a  42 
and  Dunlop  tyres,  and  a  2030  Renault  with  Michelin 
arrived  in  the  Faithful  City.     In  the  first  were  three 
distant  Northumberland,   while   the   second  contained   ; 
from  West  Yorkshire,  travelling  in  a  very  comfortable 
of  Huddersfield.     On  the  site  of  the  ancient  Worcester 
in  August,   165 1,  by  Charles  as  soon  as  his  army  had  j 
were  joined  by  a  ninth  pilgrim,  who  had  also  journeyed  fn 
by  motor.    In  the  glorious  sunshine  of  September,  191 1,  i 
to  reconstitute  the  stirring  scenes  of  September,  165 1.     ] 
Worcester  of  to-day  one  seeks  in  vain  for  the  somno] 
supposed  to  characterise  a  cathedral  city,  but  it  is  still  d 
tower  from  the  summit  of  which,  in  the  early  morning  of  W 
1 65 1,  the  young  king  of  twenty-one  and  his  loyal  advisers 
on  the  positions  along  the  winding  Severn  occupied  by 
autumn  which  followed  the  "  fatal  battle  "  of  260  years  i 
severely  for  its  devotion  to  the  Crown.     The  walls  and 
'•slighted"  by  order  of  the  Commonwealth,  while  many 
were  fined  and  imprisoned.     A  gibbet  of  extraordinary  he 
the  door  of  the  Mayor,  who  was  summoned  to  London 
Close  to  the  Hop  Market  Hotel,  now  occupying  the  place 
gate,  certain  portions  of  the  seventeenth-century  enceinte  w 
of  the  Cromwellian  gunpowder  are  still  to  be  seen,  while 
city,  in  the  cellar  of  a  butcher's  shop,  it  is  possible  to  exj 
of  one  of  the  towers,  which,  in  165 1,  flanked  the  Sidbur 
the  defeated  monarch  (who  had  given  evidence  of  sterling 
the  fighting)  crept  back  beneath  the  wheels  of  an  overturo 
into  the  interior  of  the  city.     At  the  junction  of  the  Corn 
still  stands  a  portion  of  the  ancient  house  occupied  by 
residence  or  as  his  military  head-quarters,*  and  close  to  thi 

*  See  Historical  Introduction,  pp.  26-7. 

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PILGRIMAGE 
R  9,  1911. 

Daimler  with  Michelin 

and  Continental  tyres) 
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body  made  by  Rippon, 
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ent  quietude  generally 
minated  by  the  stately 
ednesday,  September  3, 
looked  down  anxiously 
their  enemies.  In  the 
go,  Worcester  suffered 
gates  were  mercilessly 
of  the  leading  citizens 
ght  was  erected  before 
to  justify  his  conduct. 

of  the  vanished  Fore- 
hich  escaped  the  action 
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mine  the  lower  portion 
f  Gate,  through  which 
courage  in  the  thick  of 
ed  ammunition  waggon 
Market  and  New  Street 

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The  Royal  Miracle 


"clap-door"  through  which,  about  6  p.m.,  he  gained  the  open  country.  On  the 
afternoon  of  September  2  Canon  Wilson  conducted  the  Carolean  Pilgrims  over  Wor- 
cester Cathedral  as  only  he  can  do  it,  while  in  the  person  of  Mr.  F.  J.  Spackman 
they  found  an  ideal  guide  to  the  Fort  Royal  and  other  Carolean  sites.  Just  outside 
Sidbury  Gate  there  stood  in  165 1  the  beautiful  college  or  Commandery.  It  was 
there  the  gallant  Duke  of  Hamilton,  who  now  sleeps  in  a  nameless  grave  beneath 
the  northern  end  of  the  cathedral  altar,  was  brought  to  die.  The  Commandery 
most  providentially  survived  the  "slighting"  of  165 1  with  comparatively  little 
damage.  It  is  now  owned  by  Mr.  Joseph  Litilebury,  and  there  on  September  2 
(the  260th  anniversary  of  the  eve  of  Cromwell's  "crowning  mercy")  many  friends 
assembled  to  meet  the  Pilgrims,  to  listen  to  various  papers  read  by  Mr.  J.  W. 
Willis  Bund  and  Mr.  F.  J.  Spackman  on  the  subject  of  the  escape  of  the  King  on 
September  3, 1651,  and  to  inspect  a  large  collection  of  portraits,  broadsides,  badges, 
and  medals  relating  to  Charles's  flight  from  Worcester  to  the  sea.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  Worcester  will  not  neglect  the  opportunity  of  acquiring  the  Com- 
mandery as  a  Stuart  or  Carolean  Museum  until  it  is  too  late.  It  would  certainly 
be  appropriate  if  the  anniversary  of  191 1  were  marked  by  the  erection  of  a  brass 
near  the  last  resting-place  of  the  gallant  nobleman  who  gave  his  life  for  his  king 
in  165 1. 

In  the  early  morning  of  September  3  (at  the  hour  when  Charles  was  looking 
down  on  his  foes  from  the  summit  of  Worcester  tower),  the  Pilgrims  set  out  on 
their  travels  "  in  the  footsteps  of  the  King."  Within  an  hour  they  halted  at  Lea 
Castle,  where  Mr.  and  Miss  Brown-Westheacl  guided  them  through  the  woods 
traversed  by  the  fugitives  of  165 1  on  their  way  to  Stourbridge  and  Whiteladies. 
At  Whiteladies,  in  the  ruins  of  the  Norman  chapel,  and  standing  round  the  grave 
of  the  mother  of  the  Five  Faithful  Brethren,  "  she  whom  the  King  did  call  Dame 
Joan,"  the  Pilgrims  listened  to  a  lucid  explanation  of  the  events  of  September  3-4, 
165 1,  from  Mr.  James  Penderel-Brodhurst,  now  a  co-heir  of  the  Penderel  Pension, 
and  can  speak  with  authority  on  the  story  of  his  loyal  ancestor  the  Miller  of  White- 
ladies, honest  Humphrey  Penderel,  whose  hen  mot  about  the  horse  having  the 
"  weight  of  three  kingdoms  on  its  back  "  is  immortal.  From  Whiteladies  Charles 
went  on  to  Madeley  (September  4),  Evelith  Mill,  and  Hobbal  Grange,  and  Septem- 
ber 6  found  him  at  Boscobel,  the  scene  of  the  famous  adventure  in  the  Royal  Oak. 
To  Boscobel  (very  little  altered  by  the  wear  and  tear  of  more  than  two  and  a  half 
centuries)  the  nine  Pilgrims  were  welcomed  by  Mrs.  Brown,  who  has  herself 
written  and  published  an  interesting  little  book  on  the  subject  of  "  the  house  in 
the  wood."  The  Pilgrims  were  indebted  to  the  owner  of  Boscobel,  the  Rev. 
Canon  Carr,  for  the  special  permission  accorded  to  them  to  visit  it  on  Sunday,  Sep- 
tember 3 — the  actual  anniversary  of  Charles's  flight  from  Worcester  to  Whiteladies. 

284 


The  Carolean  Commemorative  Pilgrimage 

Some  interesting  reminiscences  of  Boscobel  in  September,  165 1,  were  imparted  to 
the  visitors  by  the  genial  kinsman  of  Humphrey  Penderel.  From  Boscobel  an 
adjournment  took  place  to  the  Angel,  at  Brewood,  whtre  the  memory  of  the 
loyalists  who  fell  that  day  260  years  outside  the  walls  of  Worcester  was  toasted 
in  solemn  silence  after  an  excellent  luncheon.  The  Pilgrims  then  retraced  their 
steps  to  Tong  in  order  to  visit  the  beautiful  church  known  as  the  Cathedral  of  the 
Western  Midlands.  Then  came  the  royal  hiding-places  of  Moseley  (September  7, 
165 1 )  and  Bentley  (September  9).  The  ancient  seat  of  the  Lanes  has  been  entirely 
rebuilt,  but  it  was  here  that  Jane  Lane,  the  first  of  the  four  heroines  of  165 1 
(Juliana  Coningsby,  Anne  Wyndham,  and  Mary  Hyde  are  the  others),  began  to 
ride  pUlion  behind  the  King,  now  supposed  to  be  her  jervant  or  tenant's  son. 
Will  Jackson.  At  Bromsgrove  the  Pilgrims  bade  adieu  to  their  Worcester  guides 
and  friends.  Two  hours  later  their  day's  journey  of  in  miles  ended  at  the 
Shakespeare  Hotel,  Stratford-on-Avon,  near  which  town  Ciaries  must  have  passed 
on  September  9-10,  1651. 

Next  morning,  about  10  a.m.,  Long  Marston  was  reached.  "Old  King 
Charles,"  or  "King  Charles's  Lodge,"  is  still  the  most  famous  house  in  the 
picturesque  village.  There  the  Pilgrims  were  welcomed  I  y  Mrs.  Carrow,  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Mr.  Tombs,  the  host  of  the  royal  fugitive  of  165 1.  The  broad, 
open  fireplace  of  the  old  *  kitchen  (now  a  pariour)  remain;;  unchanged.  Even  the 
jack  which  so  nearly  led  to  the  King's  detection  is  still  there.  The  hearth  at 
Long  Marston  presented  the  same  difficulties  to  Charies  II  as  that  of  the  Athelney 
cottage  did  centuries  before  to  King  Alfred.  At  Cirencesi  er  it  was  noted  that  the 
"  Sun,"  the  ancient  inn  famous  by  reason  of  Charles's  sojourn  within  its  walls,  had 
been  replaced  by  a  modern  successor.  As  Charies  did  on  September  12,  165 1,  the 
Pilgrims  of  September  4,  191 1,  traversed  the  streets  of  royal  and  loyal  Bristol  from 
end  to  end.  From  their  head-quarters  at  the  Clifton  Down  Hotel  they  crossed 
the  Suspension  Bridge  to  visit  Abbots  Leigh  House  and  Church.  The  old 
mansion  occupied  by  Sir  George  Norton  (Charies's  host  and  preserver  of  September 
12-15,  165 1 )  has  been  replaced  by  a  more  modern  structure  on  the  same  site,  but 
in  the  chancel  of  the  church  close  by  is  the  handsome  tomb  and  bust  of  this 
gallant  son  of  Somerset,  who  died  in  April,  1675,  and  is  described  as  "eminently 
loyal  in  hazarding  both  his  life  and  fortune  by  concealing  in  his  house  the  sacred 
person  of  our  late  Most  Gracious  Sovereign  King  Charies  y*  Second  till  he  could 
provide  means  for  his  escape  into  France."  From  Ablots  Leigh  the  Pilgrims 
recrossed  the  river  to  Filton  to  visit  the  interesting  worl  s  of  the  Bristol  Aero- 
plane Company  at  the  invitation  of  Sir  George  White,  himself  the  owner  of  a 
valuable  Carolean  collection. 

*  See  Historical  Introduction,  p.  36. 
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On  the  morning  of  Tuesday,  September  5,  the  Pilgrims,  now  21 1  miles  on  their 
jouraey,  took  the  road  to  the  south,  followed  by  Charles  on  September  15,  165 1. 
Passing  through  Bruton,  Castle  Cary  (where  Charles  slept  on  September  16),  Spark- 
ford,  and  Marston  Magna,  they  entered  Yeovil,  leaving  Trent  Manor  for  a  visit 
on  the  morrow.  The  lanes  of  the  Dorset  and  Somerset  border  lands  are  pecu- 
liarly puzzling,  and  a  wrong  turn  ended  in  the  Daimler  car  making  a  record  by 
crossing  Mollis  Hill  with  a  gradient  of  one  in  three,  and  entering  Broadwindsor 
(visited  by  Charles  on  September  23-24)  a  day  before  it  was  intended.  Passing 
through  the  lovely  vale  of  Marshwood,  and  obtaining  delightful  glimpses  of  some 
of  the  loveliest  scenery  in  Devonshire,  the  "  house  in  the  hills"  at  Monkton  Wyld 
(visited  by  Charles  early  on  September  22,  1 651)  was  reached.  It  is  still  known 
as  EUesdon's  Farm.  A  quarter  of  an  hour  later  a  halt  was  made  opposite  the 
manse  in  Charmouth  Street,  in  165 1  the  **  blind  inn,**  kept  by  Mistress  Margaret 
Wade,  \<dth  the  sign  of  the  Queen's  Arms.  The  adventures  which  there  befell 
the  fugitives  have  already  been  described.  Close  to  Charmouth  is  Catherstone, 
to  which  the  Pilgrims  were  cordially  welcomed  by  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Bullen. 
From  the  terraces  of  this  beautiful  house  a  full  view  is  obtained  of  the  shore  from 
which  (if  it  had  not  been  for  the  untimely  interference  of  Mrs.  Stephen  Limbry) 
Charles  should  have  escaped  to  France  during  the  night  of  September  22-23.  "^^^ 
ancestral  kinsman  of  Colonel  Bullen,  Colonel  Bullen  Reymes  of  Waddon,  proved 
of  essential  service  to  the  King  in  the  most  acute  st^ge  of  the  crisis  of  165 1. 
From  Catherstone  a  move  was  made  to  Bridjx)rt,  where  the  old-world  shop  of 
Messrs.  Beach,  formerly  the  George  Inn,  was  visited.  Then  came  Lee  Lane,  the 
scene  on  September  23,  165 1,  of  the  "Miraculous  Divergence,"  a  hair's-breadth 
escape  almost  as  startling  as  that  of  the  "  Mirac  ilous  Preservation"  of  September  6, 
165 1,  in  the  Royal  Oak  at  Boscobel.  A  descent  was  made  into  Bradpole  through 
Lee  Lane,  and  the  night  was  spent  in  the  picturesque  village,  which,  six  weeks 
before,  had  been  the  scene  of  the  successful  West  Dorset  Pageant,  with  the 
romance  of  the  "Miraculous  Divergence"  as  its  second  episode.*  At  Bradpole, 
the  first  306  miles  of  the  journey  were  comphjted. 

Early  on  Wednesday,  September  6,  Trent  was  reached.  By  the  kindness  of 
Mr.  W.  Peake-Mason  both  the  church  and  manor  were  thoroughly  examined.  It 
was  here  that  Colonel  Frank  Wyndham  and  his  wife  Anne,  assisted  by  the  Dowager 
Lady  Wyndham,  concealed  the  King  between  September  17  and  September  22,  and 
then  from  September  24  to  October  6, 165 1.  In  the  Manor  House  chapel  of  this  in- 
teresting church  (the  bells  of  which  Charles  listened  to  while  ringing  merry  peals 
in  honour  of  his  defeat  at  Worcester)  are  the  graves  of  his  intrepid  preservers 
Francis  and  Anne  Wyndham,  who  both  lived  1:0  share  in  the  honours  and  rewards 

*  See  antty  pp.  268-72. 
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of  the  Restoration.  Through  Wincanton  the  Pilgrims  drove  on  to  Mere,  haltinc 
at  the  "Talbot"  (the  "George"  in  165 1)  to  lunch,  prol^bly  in  the  very  room 
where  Charies  refreshed  himself  while  travelling  from  Trmt  to  Heale  House  on 
Salisbury  Plain.  The  "Talbot"  now  belongs  to  the  Chaffyns,  a  family  closely 
associated  with  the  stirring  events  of  260  years  ago.  It  is  a  most  interesting 
house,  preserving  most  of  its  seventeenth-century  features,  including  the  fine 
spits,  pronounced  by  the  antiquarian  expert  of  the  pilgrimaije  to  be  "undoubtedly 
Carolean."  Within  two  hours  of  leaving  Mere  the  Pilgrims  reached  the  "  George  " 
at  Amesbury,  a  hostelry  which  was  already  four  centuries  old  when  "Duchess" 
Kitty  and  her  husband  offered  the  author  of  the  "  Beggar's  Opera  "  the  hospitality 
of  Amesbury  House.  From  Amesbury  a  visit  was  paid  to  Heale  House,  where 
Charles  and  Lord  Wilmot  were  concealed  from  October  6  to  1  5, 165 1,  by  Mrs.  Hyde. 
It  is  now  being  admirably  rebuilt  by  its  present  possessor,  the  Hon.  Louis  Greville, 
under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Detmar  Blow,  of  King's  Bench  Walk,  an  expert  in  the 
domestic  architecture  of  the  seventeenth  century.  Scarcely  anything  remains  of 
the  original  structure,  but  the  position  of  the  King's  reputed  "hiding-hole''  can 
still  be  indicated.  It  was  at  Heale  House,  on  the  banks  of  the  Avon,  that  Samuel 
Johnson  was  a  frequent  visitor  to  the  then  owner,  Mr.  Bov  les.  In  the  possession 
of  the  present  writer  is  the  page  of  his  diary  containing  his  impressions  of  Stone- 
henge  and  Heale  House  in  the  year  preceding  his  death.  To  his  host  at  Heale  he 
wrote  after  his  return  to  London  a  long  letter,  stating  ihat  he  had  (in  1783) 
"  subscribed  to  a  ballooning  scheme,"  the  object  of  which  was  "  the  exploration 
of  regions  hitherto  unknown." 

Charies  II  visited  Stonehenge  during  his  stay  at  Heale  House,  and  there 
conferred  with  his  adherents  who  were  planning  his  escape  at  Salisbury.  He 
afterwards  declared  he  had  succeeded  in  counting  the  s  ones,  by  tradition  an 
impossibility.  The  Pilgrims  of  191 1  also  examined  Stonehenge,  and  in  its 
immediate  neighbourhood  witnessed  some  successful  flightj  carried  out  on  British 
biplanes  and  monoplanes  by  Messrs.  Henri  M.  JuUerot,  Pi  jrre  Prier,  H.  Bastide, 
Graham  Gilmour,  H.  Pixon,  and  R.  F.  Wheeler,  a  naval  cadet  of  sixteen, 
who  won  his  certificate  as  a  flyer.  On  this  occasion  the  antiquarian  and  topo- 
graphical experts  of  the  Pilgrims  enjoyed  their  first  experience  of  aerial  flight— a 
development  in  transit  dreamed  of  evidently  by  Johnson,  but  probably  totally 
unforeseen  by  the  fugitive  sovereign  of  165 1. 

At  Salisbury,  after  visiting  the  cathedral,  one  of  the  prebendaries  of  which, 
Humphrey  Henchman  (after  the  Restoration  Bishop  of  Salisbury  and  London), 
took  an  important  part  in  planning  the  escape  of  Charles  in  October,  165 1,  under 
the  guidance  of  Mr.  G.  Fremantle,  a  halt  was  made  before  the  King's  Arms,  just 
outside  the  close,  where  most  of  the  preliminaries  connectec  with  the  preservation 

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of  the  King  were  arranged.  At  I  p.m.  on  Thursday,  September  7th,  the  Pilgrims 
lunched  at  another  old-world  hostelry,  the  "  George,"  at  Warnford,  patronised  by 
the  King  on  his  way  from  Heale  House,  in  Wilts,  to  Hambleton  House,  in  Hants, 
towards  evening  on  October  13th,  165 1.  Hambleton  is  one  of  the  most  interesting 
as  well  as  the  most  authentic  of  the  Royal  hiding-places  of  165 1.  Between  Salis- 
bury and  Warnford  they  passed  through  Winchester  and  Romsey.  From  Warn- 
ford they  proceeded  to  Hambledon,  and  so  on  to  the  "  Dolphin  "  at  Chichester. 

It  is  practically  certain  that  Charles  did  not  visit  Racton,  the  residence  of 
Colonel  Gunter,  whose  rUe  in  the  successful  escape  near  Shoreham  of  October  15, 
165 1,  was  as  important  as  that  of  Colonel  Wyndham,  of  Trent,  in  the  frustrated 
attempt  at  Charmouth  on  the  previous  September  22-3.  It  was,  however,  at 
Chichester  that  resided  Mr.  Francis  Mansel,  the  French  merchant,  who  acted  as 
intermediary  between  Gunter  and  Nicholas  Tettersell.  On  arriving  at  Chichester 
the  Pilgrims  had  completed  a  total  run  of  487  miles  since  leaving  the  Foregate  at 
Worcester.  They  were  welcomed  to  the  fifth  cathedral  city  in  their  itinerary 
through  ten  counties  by  Mr.  F.  J.  W.  Crowe,  to  whom  they  are  indebted  for  a 
visit  to  the  Hospital  of  St.  Mary,  of  which  the  courteous  Custos  is  Canon  Masters. 
In  this  ancient  hospital,  founded  in  the  reign  of  Henry  II,  King  Edward  VII  took 
the  greatest  interest.  It  abounds  in  quaint  and  curious  features,  including  some 
beautiful  misereres.     To  find  its  counterpart  one  must  travel  as  far  as  Nuremberg. 

On  the  morning  of  September  8  the  Pilgrims  visited  the  cathedral  under  the 
guidance  of  Prebendary  Fraser.  In  the  morning  service  several  compositions  of 
the  composers  William  and  Philip  Hayes  were  admirably  interpreted  under  the 
direction  of  Mr.  Crowe,  the  cathedral  organist.  A  start  was  made  at  11. 15  a.m., 
and  before  arriving  at  Brighton  a  halt  was  made  at  Southwick  Green  to  see  the 
romantic  cottage  in  which  it  is  probable  Charles  spent  a  short  time  while  waiting 
for  the  tide  in  the  early  morning  of  October  1 5,  although  the  allegation  that  he  slept 
there  cannot  be  for  a  moment  maintained.  At  1. 10  p.m.  the  Old  Ship  Hotel  was 
reached  at  Brighton,  and  the  commemorative  pilgrimage  ended  at  the  door  of  the 
well-known  house  which  belonged  in  the  seventeenth  century  to  Nicholas 
Tettersell,  the  captain  of  the  "  Surprise  "  on  which  Charles  escaped  (probably  from 
Southwick  Creek)  to  Fecamp.  The  total  distance  covered  by  the  two  cars  with- 
out accident  or  puncture  was  exactly  519  miles.  During  five  days  out  of  the  six 
the  heat  was  abnormal.  The  arrangements  made  at  Brighton  by  Mr.  H.  D. 
Roberts,  Director  of  the  Public  Library,  Museum  and  Permanent  Art  Gallery 
were  admirable.  At  5  p.m.  an  official  welcome  was  accorded  to  the  Pilgrims  by 
the  Deputy  Mayor,  Mr.  A.  E.  Geere,  whose  ancestors  are  said  to  have  intermarried 
with  the  Tettersells.  The  relics  exhibited  at  Worcester  (and  which,  like  the 
Pilgrims,  had  travelled  over  500  miles)  were  again  shown  and  papers  were  read 

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and  addresses  delivered.      Some  interesting  remarks  were  made  in  commendation 
of  the  historical  pUgrimage  idea  by  Mr.  Charles  Thomas-Stanford,  f.s.a.,  the 
Mayor,  who  in  1 894  had  edited  an  edition  of  the  Boscobe  1  Tracts,  and  Mr.  Horace 
Round,  who  represents  the  senior  branch  of  the  Wilmots  (Lord  Wilmot,  the  first 
Earl   of   Rochester,  escaped  to   France  with   Charles  from   the  "  George "  at 
Brighton  in  October,  165 1),  who  pronounced  the  collection  of  Carolean  literature 
and  medals  relating  to  the  flight  of  the  King  then  exhibited  to  be  the  finest  in 
existence.     On  Saturday  morning  visits  were   paid  to  the  rival  sites  of  the  165 1 
*' George"  (of  which  not  a  trace  remains)  in  Middle  Street  and  West  Street.    The 
former  is  now  covered  by  the  Hippodrome,  a  poster  set  ing  forth  the  attractions 
of  which  was  exhibited  at  the  entrance  of  the  modern  '*  King's  Arms"  in  West- 
street.     Upon  the  fine  altar-tomb  of  the  stout-heartec   Tettersells  outside  the 
chancel  of  St.  Nicholas's  Church  was  placed  a  wreath  of  sea  lavender,  not  an  alto- 
gether inappropriate  tribute  to  the  memory  of  the  captain  of  the  '*  Surprise"  and 
his  loyal  spouse,  who  (unlike  Mrs.  Limbry,  of  Charmou  :h)  urged  her  husband  to 
save  the  King  at  all  risks,  and  hoped  (but  vainly)  "  to  die  a  countess."     The 
charming  hospitality  of  Preston  Manor  is  not  likely  to  be  soon  forgotten  by  those 
who  share  in  it.     The  Mayoress  of  Brighton  (Mrs.  Charles  Thomas-Stanford)  is 
in  many  ways  associated  with  the  romances  of  Stuart  history,  and  her  husband  is 
a  successful  writer  as  well  as  a  judicious  and  energetic  collector.   It  was  probably 
through  Preston  Park  that  Charles  descended  from  the  Su  ;sex  uplands  to  his  haven 
of  safety  at  the  "George"  after  dusk  on  the  evening  of  Tiesday,  October  14, 1651. 
Within  three  hours  of  leaving  Preston  Park  the  Pilgrins  reached  their  London 
head-quarters  at  the  St.  James's  Palace  Hotel,  in  Bury  Street.     In  the  evening  a 
farewell  dinner  was  held  at  the  Pall  Mall  Restaurant,  occupying  to-day  the  site  of 
the  Little  Theatre,  in  the  Haymarket,  where  Aston's  **  Royal  Oak  "  comic  opera 
was  sternly  forbidden  to  be  played  in  1732,  and  Dimonds  melodrama  bearing  the 
same  name  was  loudly  applauded  in  181 1.     A  crown  of  oak-leaves  from  Lee  Lane 
(the  scene  of  the  "Miraculous Divergence")  was  placed  i  1  the  centre  of  the  table, 
flanked  by  the  mammoth  Carolean  spits  from  the  "George"  at  Mere.     The 
appropriate  bill  of  fare  was  Carolean  in  language,  if  Pariuan  in  its  conception. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  the  commemoiative  pilgrims  who  left 
Worcester  at  2  a.m.  on  September  3,  191 1,  and  arrived  at  Brighton  at  i  p.m. 
on  September  8,  191 1  :  Alfred  Brewis,  Sophie  Brewis,  W.  Parker  Brewis,  f.s.a. 
(Newcastle),  A.  M.  Broadley  (Bridport),  Richard  Wilson,  j.p.,  Annie  W.  Wilson 
(Leeds),  Thomas  M.  Woodhead,  Clara  Woodhead,  a  ad  Beatrice  Woodhead 
(Bradford,  Yorkshire). 

(This  article  originally  appeared  in  The  FieU,  and  is  now  re  produced  by  the  kind 
permission  of  the  Editor,  Mr.  T.  A.  Coc  k.) 

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OF  LYME  AND   CHARM  OUTH 

The  voluminous  MS.  notes  of  George  Roberts  (1^04-1860),  the  painstaking 
historian  of  Lyme  Regis  and  biographer  of  the  Duke  of  Monmouth,  having 
come   unexpectedly   into   my   possession   since   the   compilation  of  the  greater 
part  of  this  volume,  I  am  able  to  add  some  new  aid  valuable  information  as 
to  the  persons  whose  names  figure   conspicuously  in   the  Miraculum  Basilihn 
and  other  tracts  in  connection  with  Charles  II's  adventures  of  September  22-23, 
1651.     The   Rev.    R.    Grosvenor  Bartelot,  Vicar   cf  St.    George's,   Fording- 
ton,  Dorchester,  informs  me  that   the  Alfords  of  Lyme,  etc.,  are  so   named 
after  the  village  of  Alford  in  Somerset.     They  have  3een  connected  with  West 
Dorset   since   1339,   for  it  appears   from   an   ancien     deed,   preserved   in   the 
Bridport  borough  muniments,  that  Robert  Alford,  of  Yeovil,  owned  a  house  in 
West  Street,  Bridport,  which  he  purchased  on  Septem :)er  26  of  that  year.     John 
Alford,  of  Bridport,  is  mentioned  in  a  borough  deed  dated  September  29,  1485. 
His  son,  John  Alford,  was  Bailiff  of  Bridport  1548,  and  M.P.  1553.     He  died 
in   1562.     By  his  will,  dated  May  15  and  proved  November  2,  1562,  he  be- 
queathed lands  in  Bridport,  Loders,  and  Symondsbury  to  his  wife  Edith,  his  sons 
William  and  Richard,  and  his  daughters  Juliana  and  Mary.     His  son  and  heir 
William,  by  his  will  (dated  May  18,  1 588),  bequeatJied  lands  in  Bridport  and 
Bradpole  to  his  sons  John,  Andrew,  Christopher,  Lemard,  and  William.     His 
son  and  heir  John  Alford,  by  hia  will  (dated  November  2,  1609),  bequeathed 
his  lands  in  Bridport,  Botterhampton,  Loders,  and  Bradpole  to  his  four  daughters. 
From  his  brothers  descend  the  Alfords  of  Bridport  anc   Chideock.     Their  tombs 
are  to  be  seen  on  the  floor  beneath  the  tower  of  St.  Mary's,  Bridport.     Another 
branch  of  the  family  settled  over  the  Somerset  border  at  Winsham.     Gregory 
Alford,  Mayor  of  Lyme  Regis  in   1663  and   1 685  (the  year  of  Monmouth's 
Rebellion),  is  probably  descended  from  this  stock : 


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On  October  25,  1 66 1,  Gregory  Alford  signed  a  rec 
in  providing  the  town-column.  During  the  previous  ] 
sented  "  for  having  made  a  dung-mixen  in  the  street  be 
his  first  mayoralty  (1663)  ^®  expended  1 6s.  on  cakes  c 
of  Mr.  Walter  Tucker.  In  July,  167 1,  it  seems  that 
scene  of  his  adventures  in  the  autumn  of  1 651.  Robe 
note  after  examining  the  exceptionally  rich  archives  of 
town,  like  Alford  himself,  he  was  twice  Mayor : — 

"King  Charles  being  about  to  pass  through  Char; 
party  at  the  head  of  which  was  our  well  known  townsn: 
went  forth  to  meet  his  Majesty.  The  time  when  the 
probably  uncertain  Mr.  Tho»  Clarke  supplied  some  refres 

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strong  beer  iS"/-  is  charged  &  2»/-  for  firing  the  guns  when  in  sight  of  Lyme. 
The  road  or  lane  followed  by  his  Majesty  was  that  over  Stone-barrow  hill  which 
is  now  to  be  seen  in  a  straight  line  with  the  turnpike  re  ad  leading  up  the  hill  by 
the  eastermost  Charmouth  bridge." 

Under  date  of  July  24  a  charge  is  made  for  the  linging  of  the  Axminster 
bells  on  the  occasion  of  King  Charles  going  through  the  town.  In  the  years 
1 68 1 -2  and  3  Alford  showed  much  energy  in  the  p'Tsecution  of  Dissenters. 
He  addressed  certain  letters  on  the  subject  which  are  t )  be  found  in  Sir  Leoline 
Jenkins's  correspondence.  They  betray  a  strong  animosity  towards  his  fellow- 
citizen  William  EUesdon,  of  Charmouth,  which  possibly  explains  the  tone  of  his 
letter  on  the  subject  of  the  events  of  165 1  now  reprinted.*  He  accuses  Ellesdon 
of  conniving  at  the  proceedings  of  the  conventicle-pree  chers.  On  February  18, 
168^,  Ellesdon  writes  in  his  defence  that : 

"he  has  no  power  in  Lyme  &  is  not  a  magistrate  of  the  borough,  He  lives 
at  Charmouth  l^  miles  away,  but  is  willing  to  execute  tie  laws  against  dissenters. 
He  goes  on  to  say  that  Captn  Gregory  Alford  did  read  his  letter  to  every  person 

*  Sec  ante^  pp.  189-93. 
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he  did  meet  withal  in  the  street,  to  men,  women  &  children,  by  which  means, 
having  notice  of  it,  did  avoid  their  apprehension  (some  mens  zeal  runs  before 
their  wit  &  discretion  which  prevents  execution)  He  wishes  for  an  order  to 
arrest  John  Brice  a  conventicle  preacher.     He  has  no  jurisdiction  in  Lyme." 

More  than  a  year  later  William  Ellesdon  Mas  still  living,  for  on  July  7. 
1683,  the  Bishop  of  Bristol  complains  of  his  **  discouraging  the  King's  informa- 
tions against  unlawful  conventicle  meetings,"  alleging  that  "  he  refused  to  give 
to  the  poor  of  the  parish,  &  gave  always  to  every  preacher  that  was  convicted." 
Ellesdon  at  this  time  was  over  sixty.  He  was  born  in  1 620  and  married  about 
1640,  when  he  purchased  the  manor  of  Charmouth.  On  August  5,  1689,  his 
heirs  petitioned  the  House  of  Commons  for  the  payment  of  the  arrears  due  of 
the  pension  granted  him  on  account  of  the  assistance  he  gave  King  Charles  in 
165 1,  on  the  sincerity  of  which  Alford  endeavoured  to  throw  doubt.  A  similar 
petition  figures  in  the  journals  of  the  House  of  Lords. 

The  Lyme  archives  put  the  identity  of  Bartholomew  Wesley,  the  "  intrad- 

ing  Minister"  at  Charmouth  in  September,   165 1,  beyond  the  possibility  of  a 

doubt.     Bartholomew  Wesley  clericus  was  a  freeholder  of  the  borough,  and  on 

6  May,  1 668,  ordered  to  pay  an  esso^i  or  fine.     This  is  duly  entered  in  the  Liher 

Liberorum  Burgensium,  etc.     John  Wesley,  his  son  (the  grandfather  of  the  Apostle 

of  Methodism),  was  admitted  to  the  freedom  of  the  borough  in  1 647.     In  1 654 

he  was  rated  at  4d.  and  charged  is.  6d.  "for  his  Preacher's  office."     We  find 

that  Captn.  Massey,  who  commanded  the  military  forces  at  Lyme  in  September, 

1651,  "put  half  a  musket  charge  upon  the  Rev:  Ames  Short,  amounting  to  17"," 

which  the  Corporation  allowed  their  minister  and  lecturer.     A  Thomas  Limbry 

was  a  freeman  of  Lyme  in  the  twenty-ninth  year  of  Henry  VL     According  to 

the  Cobb  account  books,  Stephen  Limbry  had  given  up  going  to  sea  before  1653. 

Between  1653  ^^^  ^^5^  ^^®  ^^°^^  appears  amongst  those  of  the  "importers  and 

sellers  of  wine." 

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The  Earliest  Parliamentarian  Account 
of  the  Battle  of  Woixester* 


*  At  the  moment  this  book  was  going  to  press  I  obtaintd  through  Mr.  Barnard,  of 
Tunbridge  Wells,  what  is  evidently  the  first  account  published  in  London  of  the  defeat  of 


the  Royalists  at  Worcester. 
May  7,  1912. 


A.  M.  B. 


THE   EARLIEST   PARLIAMENTARIAN   ACCOUNT   OF 
THE  BATTLE  OF  WORCESTER 

A  full  &  perfect 

RELATION 

of  the  great  &  bloody  fight 

At  Worcester 

on 
WEDNESDAY 

Night  Last 

Being  the  3,  of  Septemb.  1 65 1  between  the  Parliaments  Forces  &  the  King  of 
Scots.     With  the  true  particulars  thereof,  and  the  mi  nner  of  the  Fight 

shewing 
How  Charles  Stuart  (their  Captain  Gen)  &  Major  Gen  Massey  charged  in  the 
Van,  and  his  Excellency  the  Lord  General  CromnveU'm  person  against  them. 

Together 
with  the  taking  or  killing  of  the  said  Charles  Stuart.     As  also  the  manner 
of  the  total  routing  of  18,000  Horse  &  Foot,  tht   taking  of  the  City  of 
Worcester y  towards  Wales,     And  a  perfect 

List  of  the  Lords,  Knights,  Colonels, 
and  other  Officers  &  private  Soul — 
— diers  killed  &  taken  on 
both  sides 


Brought  from  the  Army  by  the  last  Post  &  published  ibr  general  satisfacti- 
on both  to  City  &  Country 


London.    Printed  for  George  Horton      1651. 

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The  Royal  Miracle 

A  true  &  punctuall  Relation  of  the  Great  Victory 
obtained  by  the  Parliaments  forces  against  the  King 
of  Scots  &  his  adherents. 


Sir 


Upon  Wednesday  last  about  three  of  the  clock  in  the  afternoon  his 
Excell :  the  L.  G.  Cromwell  gave  command  (the  two  bridges  being  finished 
with  boats  &  other  timber,  over  the  River  of  Siverne  &  Team)  that  the  whole 
Army  of  horse  &  foot  should  be  drawn  out  in  a  Regimental  way  to  fight  the 
enemy,  whose  Army  consisted  of  about  18000.  horse  &  foot,  and  accordingly  it 
were  so  resolved  upon  by  his  Excellency  &  the  Counsell  of  Officers,  that  the  first 
attempt  should  be  made  with  the  right  wing  to  passe  the  river  Siverne  over  the 
Bridge,  which  with  great  gallantry  &  resoluteness  of  spirit,  were  put  in  execu- 
tion, &  as  heroickly  brought  to  perfection,  for  after  a  sharp  dispute,  the  enemy 
retreated,  our  men  pursued,  killing  about  500  &  taking  divers  prisoners  :  During 
which  conflict  the  left  wing  attempted  a  pass,  but  it  proved  unfeasible  &  difficult, 
so  that  after  a  short  time.  Major  Gen  Lambert  was  inforced  with  the  said  right 
wing  to  attempt  a  strong  passe  over  the  river  Teame,  which  after  an  hours 
dispute,  it  pleased  God  to  make  him  successefull  in,  but  the  worke  proved  very 
difficult  at  the  Bridge,  for  Major  Gen  Masseys  men  maintained  it  very  stoutly, 
repelling  our  Forces  at  the  first,  but  upon  their  rallying  &  giving  the  second 
onset,  they  became  victorious,  killed  divers,  took  many  prisoners,  &  pursued  the 
rest  to  the  very  wall  of  the  City.  In  the  meantime  each  Regiment  in  the  Army 
were  ingaged  against  the  enemy  &  exceeding  vehement  was  the  conflict.  For 
after  we  had  chased  the  Highlanders,  and  other  of  the  English  regiments  in  at  one 
end  of  the  City  ;  they  furiously  broke  out  at  another,  and  set  upon  our  forces  on 
the  North  side  of  the  City,  forcing  them  to  a  retreat;  and  upon  an  immediate 
rallying  about,  and  after  5  or  6  volleys,  they  beat  them  in  to  the  town,  and 
pursued  them  almost  to  the  Minster-walls,  where  the  enemy  took  sanctuary,  not 
daring  to  maintain  the  fight  any  longer ;  so  that  after  four  hours  dispute  both 
fierce  &  violent,  the  enemy  were  totally  routed,  Jooo.  slaine  upon  the  place,  2000. 
taken  prisoners,  with  the  losse  of  Quartermaster-Gen.  Moseley  ;  whose  gallantry 
&  deportment  serves  as  a  sufficient  testimony  to  spread  his  fame  all  Europe  over, 
the  losse  of  our  Infantry  is  not  yet  known,  but  we  hope  that  it  doth  not  extend 
too  high ;  yet  thus  much  may  be  said,  that  never  did  the  Kings  Foot  stand  so 
firmly,  and  so  many  shocks  as  these  did,  for  after  they  had  given  our  men  a  rebuke 
at  Team  bridge,  the  Generall  himself  led  on  two  Regiments  of  Foot  &  a  Regiment 
of  Horse,  and  charged  in  the  Van  of  them,  who  after  the  first  volley,  pressing  in 
upon  them,  they  all  retreated,  his  Excellency  Dursued,  and  beat  them  in  to  the 

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The  Lord  Craiston 
The  Lord  Hames 
Lord  Lanerick 
5000  other  Officers 
^private  Sou/diers 


Account  of  the  Battle  of  Worcester 

very  Town,  and  took  divers  prisoners  at  the  very  gates ;  amongst  the  rest,  it  is 
said,  that  Col.  Douglas  is  taken,  and  divers  others  of  quality;  a  List  whereof 
I  have  sent  you  here  inclosed  viz 

A  List  of  the  Prisoners  killed  and 

taken  at  the  great  fight  at 

Worcester 

Take  n  Prisoners 
Earl  of  Derby 
Lord  Hffwat  d 
Col.  Humes 
Col.  Douglas 
And  2000  o'her 
Ojfficers  ^  i  ouldierSy 
8000  Arms,  Muskets, 
Pikes,  ^  otiier  brave 
Artillery 

Most  of  the  Foot  that  are  escaped  have  betaken  themselves  to  the  Minster, 
the  Cloisters,  &  other  strong  Houses  adjacent.  Massey  is  said  to  be  escaped  with 
3000  Horse  over  Mowburn  Hills  towards  Wales  ;  others  report  that  he  is  slain, 
and  further  that  Charles  Stuart  their  Cap.  Gen.  is  either  killed  or  taken  prisoner  ; 
for  it  is  observable,  that  upon  their  first  advancing  towards  us  in  battel  array  he 
led  the  Van  of  the  Horse,  charged  both  with  Pistol  &  Sword,  and  there  received 
a  wound ;  but  by  our  best  intelligence,  was  dismounted,  >k  either  slain  upon  the 
place  or  taken  prisoner.  Before  the  next  I  hope  to  give  you  a  perfect  account  of 
the  whole  business  in  the  meantime  I  remain 

Team-Bridge  near  Your  obliged  friend 

Worcester  Sept  Sam  Wharton 

4  at  one  of  the 
Clock  in  the  morning 


POSTSCRIPT 


SIR 


Upon  the  close  of  this  Letter,  the  Fight  ended  &  the  Generall,  with 
Major  Generall  Lambert,  came  into  the  North  streets  ^vhere  our  men  have  full 
possession,  &  the  enemy  much  straitened  and  begirt  up  in  the  Cathedral 
places  adjoyning.  But  by  reason  of  the  Posts  hesty  expedition,  I  am  forced 
to  contract,  bidding  you 

Vale,     Vale 

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APPENDIX   X 


Bibliography 


of  Printed  Matter  dealing  with  the  Escape  of  Charles  II 

after  the  Battle  of  Worcest(T 


I 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  of  printed  matter  dealing  with  the  m 
his  Sacred  Majesty  King  Charles  II  after  the  defeat 
of  Worcester,  September  3rd  to  October  15th,  165 1, 

Part     I.     Volumes  and  Pamphlets. 

Part    II.     Broadsides  and  Ballads. 

Part  III.     Miscellaneous.    (Periodical  publications 

r    B.  Signifies  Broadley 
The  Abbreviations  <    Bod.     Bodleian. 

(    B.M.     British  Museu 
Books  are  catalogued  as  much  as  possible  under  Subjea  w 

Author. 
Anonymous  and  contemporary  accounts,  and  modern  woi 
to  the  escape,  but  not  entirely  devoted  to  the  subje( 
heading  of  Charles  II,  King  of  Great  Britain  and  Ire 


iraculous  preservation  of 
of  his  army  on  the  field 
when  he  left  for  France. 


,  Plays,  Romances,  etc.) 
Collection. 

m. 

th  cross  references  from 

ks  containing  references 
t,  are  under  the  general 

land. 


PART   I 

VOLUMES  AND  PAMPHLETS 

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and  Ireland. 
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ALFORD,   CAPTAIN 

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Stationer  to  the  King's  Most  Excellent  Majesty.  (Probably 
published  in  August  1660)  with  three  plates  added  1660 

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B. 


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The  Royal  Miracle 

BOSCOBEL— Ditto  ditto Bod.  B.M. 

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Worcester  3rd  September  165 1.  Introduced  by  an  exact 
relation  of  that  Battle  by  T.  Blount.  Printed  by  Henry  Seile, 
Stationer  to  the  King's  Most  Excellent  Majesty.  With  two 
plates 1660     B. 

Another  Copy  with  two  additional  portraits         .         ...     B.M. 

Another  Copy B. 

Another  Copy  with  portrait  and  engraving  of  Boscobel  by  Van  de 

Gucht  added B. 

Another  Copy,  Boscobel  plate  mutilated B.M. 

Another  Copy,  imperfect  ........     B.M. 

Another  Copy  with  later  portrait  added      .         .         .         .        .     B. 

Another  Copy,  portrait  inserted  and  Print  of  Carlos  arms :  im- 
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(Reprints  of  the  first  Edition  of  1660  were  published  at  Doncaster 

1809  and  at  Wellington,  Salop,  1822) B.  B.M. 

There  was  a  privately  issued  Edition  limited  to  1, 000  copies  at 

Edinburgh,  1887 B. 

Another  Edition  .  .  .  illustrated  with  a  map  of  the  City  of 
Worcester.  12°.  London.  Printed  by  A.  Seile  over 
against  St.  Dunstan's  Church  in  Fleet  Street.  With  this 
was  published  the  Second  Part.f  .         .         .  1862     B.  Bod. 

Third  Edition.  The  two  Parts.  To  this  was  added  Claus- 
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Wyndham)  London.  Printed  by  W.  Clark  to  be  sold  by 
H.  Brome  and  C.  Harper  at  their  shops  in  St.  Pauls  Church 

Yard  and  Fleet  Street 1680 

(The  Second  Part  is  dated  168 1 ,  as  is  also  Claustrum  Regale)     Bod.  B.M. 

Another  Edition.     12°.     pp.  vi,  60.     Printed  by  James  Walsh 

for  Charles  Jackson  ....         Edinborough  1 709    B.  Bod.  B.M. 

*  The  Kbg's  own  copy  of  Boscobel  (described  .is  1660,  8vo)  was  sold  at  Sotheby's 
to  Mr.  Quaritch  for  ;^i4  158.  od.  on  July  2nd,  1896.  It  was  bound  in  blue  morocco,  with 
the  Royal  Monogram,  and  came  from  the  library  of  the  late  Sir  E.  Bunbury,  of  Barton 
Hall,  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  Bart. 

t  Hughes  says  Boscobel  was  translated  into  J'ortuguese  at  the  desire  of  Queen 
Catherine.  "  Mr.  Peter  GifTord  of  Whiteladies  has  lately  made  it  speak  Portuguese."  Sec 
Hughes'  preface  to  the  Second  Part. 

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lished^ by  Mrs.  Wyndham.     The  fourth  Edition,  a( lorn'd  with 
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Another  Impression  with  misprint  corrected.      Primed  by  R. 

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Another  Impression  with  misprint  uncorrected.    Prints  d  and  sold 

by  all  booksellers,  etc.     Described  as  the  fifth  Edition  1748 

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a  pair,"  etc.  The  succeeding  paragraph  in  the  earlier  tract  i  eads  :  "  Hereupon  Richard 
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small  quarto  of  eighteen  pages,  the  text  of  which  follows  the  1  iter  issue  of  above,  entitled  : 
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IVHITGRAFE'S  ACCOUNT 
A  Summary  of  Occurrences  relating  to  the  miraculojs  Preserva- 
tion of  our  late  Sovereign  Lord  King  Charles  II  after  the 
defeat  of  his  Army  at  Worcester  in  the  year  1651.  Faith- 
fully taken  from  the  express  personal  Testimony  of  those 
two  worthy  Roman  Catholics,  Thomas  Whitgra  /e  of  Mose- 
ley  in  the  County  of  Stafford,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  J(.hn  Huddle- 
stone,  Priest  of  the  Holy  Order  of  St.  Bennet,  the  eminent 
instrument  under  God  of  the  same  preservation  Permissus 
Superiorum.  London.  Printed  by  Henry  Hills,  Printer  to 
the  King's  Most  Excellent  Majesty  for  his  Hcusehold  and 
Chappel.  And  as  sold  at  his  printing  house  en  the  Ditch 
Side  in  Black  Friars  1688.  pp.  34.  i2«o.  lleprinted  in 
Vol.  II  of  the  English  Catholic  Library,  London,  1 844.  In 
Hughes'  Boscobel  Tracts.  Also  in  Retrospective  Review^  XIV, 
47,  and  The  Flight  of  the  King,  Tract  VI.  Soe  Part  III, 
Plays Bod.  B.M. 

WYNDHAM,  ANNE.     See  Claustrum  Regale. 

*  These  are  the  only  two  copies  known. 

t  le.  80  it  is  stated  in  the  catalogue,  but  the  engraving  appears  to  have  been  originally 
issued  with  the  book.     The  pagination  is  inaccurate.     See  re  production  facing  page  51. 


The  Royal  Miracle 


PART   II 
/.     BROADSIDES,   ETC. 

Caroli    Secondi    Regus    Magne   Britanniae    ah   Jhn    Gott    von 
Seiner  Feindachen  Unterhamen   sic   Hared  in  Franckreich 
brachte  etc.     pp.8.     8'°    .         .         .         Amsterdam  165 1     B.M. 
A  poem  in  archaic  German. 

His  Majesty's  Miraculous  Preservation  by  the  Oak,  the 
Maid  and  Ship,  (a  poem)  by  John  Crouch.  Lutt.  Col- 
lection, Vol.  II B.M. 

History  of  His  SaCRed  Majesty's  Most  Wonderful  Preser- 
vation after  the  Battle  of  Worcester.  With  a  true  Relation 
of  Colonel  George  Gunter's  conveying  his  Majesty  from 
Salisbury  to  Brighthemstead  in  Sussex,  when;  he  took  shipping. 
London.  Printed  and  are  to  be  sold  by  Joseph  Blacklock  at 
the  Turk's  Head  in  Ivy  Lane,  and  Mr.  Nuchaell  in  West- 
minster Hall.  Single  sheet  folio  broadside,  I  ft.  8^  in.  by 
13  in.,  with  four  copper-plate  illustrations.  Worcester.  In  the 
Oak.  Jane  Lane  and  his  Majesty.  Setting  sail.*  Sm  4° 
1660 B. 

King  Charles  in  the  Oak.     (A  Dialogue).     London  (.?)  1825     B.M. 

Last  News  from  France  (The)  Being  a  true  relation  of  the 
escape  of  the  King  of  Scots  from  Worcester  to  London,  and 
from  London  to  France  who  was  conveyed  away  by  a  young 
gentleman  [sic]  in  woman's  apparel.  The  King  of  Scots 
attending  on  this  supposed  gentlewoman  in  manner  of  a 
serving  man.     Roxburgh  Ballads,  Vol.  Ill    .         .         .         .     B.M. 

List  of  editions  of  the  Boscobel  Tracts.  By  F.  Manning. 
Single  sheet  4°.     Leamington,  186 1 

List,  A,  of  the  Princes,  Dukes,  Earls,  Lords,  Knights, 
Generals  .  .  .  and  Colonels  of  the  Scots  King's 
Party  slaine  and  taken  prisoners  (at  and  after)  the  battle  of 
Worcester.     Broadside         ....     London    1652     B.M. 

*  Sold  at  the  Mawdesley  sale  for  jQf  js.  od.     Note  by  Mr.  Mawdesley :  "  Mine  it 
the  only  copy  I  ever  heard  of." 

318 


CAROLVS  11  DEI  GRAllA  M.^NA:.  BRli  iAKNIA> 
FRANC l/t,   F/r  HIBERNIA  REX. 


Dutch  Portrait  of  Charles  II  cm.   1650 

(Engraved  by  Danckers  after  Hanneman.    In  the  collection  of  the  wHter) 


: 


,', 


Bibliography 


Loyal  Reflections  upon  his  Majesties  Restauration,  Procession 
and  Coronation.  Not  forgetting  the  Royal  Oak.  Broadside 
of  eight  pages  by  J.  Crouch.     London.     1660 

Royal  Patient  Traveller,  The,  or  the  Wonderfull  escapes  of 
King  Charles  II  from  Worcester  Fight,  etc.,  a  ballad  by 
Henry  Jones  of  Oxford,     fol        .         .         .  i.d.  (1660) 

Royal  Woodman,  The.     A  ballad     ....  1843 

Wonderfull  and  Miraculous  escape  of  our  Gracious  King, 
from  that  dismal,  black  and  gloome  defeat  at  Worster,  The. 
A  ballad.     Single  sheet  fol.         .         .         .     London.    1660 


Bod. 
B.M. 


Bod. 


PART    III 

/.     PERIODICAL   PUBLICATIONS. 

The  Ancestor,  Vol.  Ill  and  Vol.  VI,  contains  references  to  the 
Giifards  of  Chillington  Vol.  XI,  Article  on  the  Wild 
Wilmots,  Earls  of  Rochester       .         .         .         ,  190 1 

Art  Journal.  Article  on  Boscobel  and  White  Ladies  by  J. 
Penderel-Brodhurst 1889 

Genealogical  Magazine,  Vol.  I,  pp.  352-357.  iirticles  on 
Relics  of  Jane  Lane.  A  history  of  the  Lane  family  runs 
throughout  Vol.  I,  by  Henry  Murray  Lane,  Chest<;r  Herald. 

Gentleman's  Magazine,  Vol.  39  (1789),  contains  articles  relating 
to  the  Kling's  Preservation.  Above  extracted  and  (  mbellished 
with  MS.  notes  by  F.  L.  Mawdesley B. 

Jacobite,  Vol.  2,  No.  5  (December,  1901).  Article  on  erection 
of  Memorial  Stone  at  Lee  Lane,  Bridport. 

Royalist,  The.  Vol.  II.  Article  on  Boscobel  b^r  R.  Fox 
Davies fune,  1891 

Ditto,  July.  A  letter  from  J.  Penderel-Brodhurst  01  the  same 
subject 1 891 

Sussex  Arch^ological  Collections.  Vol.  XVIII.  Article  on 
the  King's  passage  through  Sussex.  Vol.  XXII.  Article  on 
Tettersall,  subsequently  reprinted.  Vol.  XXIII.  Article  on 
the  Gunters  of  Raxton. 

Wiltshire  Arch^ological  and  Natural  History  Magazine. 
Vol.  XXVL  pp.  1-50.  Article  on  Jane  Lane,  by  Charles 
Penruddocke. 


The  Royal  Miracle 

IL    PLAYS 


Charles  the  II — an  historical  drama  in  five  acts,  by  George 
Griffith.  Gives  a  pedigree  of  the  Whit  greaves  of  Burton 
and  Moseley         .         .  London  and  Wolverhampton.     1867 

Restauration  of  King  Charles  II.     An  Histori-Tragi-comic 
Ballad  Opera  as  is  forbid  to  be  acted  at  tlie  New  Theatre  in 
the  Haymarket  *     London.     S.  Watkin,  The  Ship  Charing  X.     B. 
1732 

The  Royal  Oak.     An  historical  play  as  acted  at  the  Theatre 

Royal,  Haymarket,  with  distinguished  success.  London.    1 8 1 1     B. 

The  Royal  Oak.  An  historical  drama  by  Henry  Hamilton  and 
Augustus  Harris,  produced  at  Drury  Lane.  pp.  4.  4°.  Bill 
of  first  performance.f 1 889     B. 

///.     WORKS   OF  FICnON 

Numerous  novels  and  romances  have  dealt  with  the  subject.  To 
quote  a  few  :  Ains worth  (W.  p.),  "  Boscobel,  or  the  Royal 
Oak.  A  Tale  of  the  year  1651,"  1 87  2.  Caine  (O.  V.), 
"Wanderer  and  King,"  1903.  Everett  Green  (E.), 
"After  Worcester,"  190I ;  "Fugitive  King,"  1849. 
George  (W.  D.),  "Boscobel,  or  the  Adventures  of 
Charles  II  (n.d.).  Henty  (G.  A.),  "Friends  though 
Divided,"  1883,  illus.  is  col.,  1910.  Peard  (F.  M.),  "To 
Horse  and  Away,"  1895.  Pearse  (H.),  "  Magnus  Sin- 
clair" and  "Of  Mistress  Eve"  (seq.),  190I.  Prothero 
(E.),  "Scouting  for  a  King,"  1910.  Sabatini  (R.),  "The 
Tavern  Knight,"  1901.  Snaith  (J.  C),  "Patricia  at  the 
Inn,"  1901.  Townshend  (D.),  "  A  St.  George  of  King 
Charles'  Days,"  1906.  Witham  (G.  T.),  "  The  Last  of  the 
White  Coats."  Yonge  (C.  M.),  "  Under  the  Storm,"  etc. 
etct 

*^For  fear  the  Legitimists  would  draw  a  parallel  ? 

t  A  pageant  was  produced  at  Brighton  in  the  autumn  of  1910.  One  scene  was 
devoted  to  the  King  at  the  George  Inn.  At  the  AVest  Dorset  Pageant,  191 1,  the  King's 
escape  through  Lee  Lane  was  given  as  the  second  ejasode. 

X  Mrs,  Oliphant  brought  out  a  novel  called  WtiteladieSi  but  it  is  a  tale  of  modern  life. 


320 


C\\ROL\\S  SRCVNDVS  DLI  GRATIA  MAGNjE 
H  HI  TAX  I  V.  FR  an  C L€,  ft  Hl|iERNIA  REX  etc. 

C'liarlcN    the  locoiid  K  the  ^r  ace  of  aod  of  Create 
l^irirraiiu     rr.iiicc.  and  Vrclaiid    iCiiig    etc. 


Dutch  Portrait  of  Charles  II  in  1650  51 
[From  the  original  in  the  British  Must  urn) 


Iconography 

Published  Portraits  of  Charles  the  Second  in  1 649-1 651 


Published  Portraits  of  King  Charles  II  contempDrary  with  the  battle  of 
Worcester.  The  arrangement  is  alphabetical  accordinjj  to  artist.  In  the  second 
column  is  given  the  name  of  the  engraver ;  in  the  thii  d  the  whereabouts  of  the 
print.  As  in  Bibliography :  B.  (Broadley),  Bod.  ( Bodleian),  B.M.  (British 
Museum).  The  abbreviations  H.  (head),  H.L.  (half  length),  T.Q.L.  and  W.L. 
(three  quarter  and  whole  lengths);  1.  (looking  left)  j.nd  r.  (looking  right),  as 
used  in  the  British  Museum  Catalogue,  have  been  adopted. 


1.  Carolus  II.    Dei  gratiae  Magnae 

Britaniae  Franciae  et  Hiberniae 
Rex.     In  armour     H.  1. 

2.  Carolus  II.  (inscribed  on  balus- 

trade) ;  lace  collar     H.  r. 

3.  Charles    2nd.      Garter    robes ; 

delicate  lace  scarf.  Clean 
shaven     H.  r.        . 

4.  CarolvsSecundvs   D.G.Magnae 

Britanniae  Francae  et  Hiberniae 
Rex ;  plain  coat  j  plain  collar, 
ribbon  and  star ;  escutcheon  of 
Arms.     H.  1.    Dated  1 650 

5.  Carolus  Stuart  II.     Konig  in 

Engleland  Schotland  und  Ire- 
land, in  armour.  An  oval  in  a 
square.     H.L.  r.    . 

6.  In  Cloak  and  star,  a  crown  sus- 

pended above  his  head,  Honi 
soit  qui  mal  y  pense.    Dated  1 650 

7.  On  Horseback  in  armour,  with 

truncheon.  Three  crowns 
above  in  one  of  thorns.  French 
verses.    F.L.  r.   Two  versions 

8.  Charles   II.   crowned   King  of 

Scotland,  January,  1 65 1.  Plain 
broad  collar  and  black  coat. 
George  and  Garter  badge. 
H.L.  r.  From  Gadbury's 
Nativity  .... 


Artist. 

Anon. 
Anon. 

Anon. 


En  jraver. 


hvkon. 


Hollar. 


Location. 


B. 


B.  B.M. 


(t.  Scott.        Bod. 


Anon. 


Hollar. 


Bod. 


Anon. 


Anon. 


^inon. 


Bod. 


■^^aligius.        Bod. 


Anon. 


iinon. 


Bod. 


Anon. 
323 


Mason. 


B. 


The  Royal  Miracle 


9.  Another  Version.  Octagonal 
fancy  frame  of  oak  leaves, 
oblong  French  inscription 

10.  Mounted,  clean-shaven,  in  armour, 

a  morion  in  air  displaying  shield 
with  arms  of  England  only. 
Sea-shore,  ships,  skirmish  pro- 
gressing. Inscription  in  French 
stating  that  after  Worcester 
he  was  obliged  to  return  to 
the  court  of  the  King,  his 
cousin-german    (Louis   XIV). 

Fir 

11.  In   Armour,  symbolical  figures. 

Ireland  kneeling,  Scotland  pre- 
senting pistol.  Execution  of 
King  in  background 

12.  Ditto.       Background      altered. 

Dutch  inscription  . 

13.  Another  Version 

14.  Natus  Mat  29  Ano  1630  .^tis- 

suae  19.  Dark  coat,  white 
collar  with  George ;  table  on 
right  containing  crown  of 
thorns  enclosing  three  crowns 
with  the  rose,  thistle,  and  harp 
under  them  respectively.  Oval. 

■Tl.J-/.         ..... 

Ditto,  reversed 

15.  Charles    II   crowned    King   of 

Scotland,  January  I,  165 1.  In 
armour,  with  George;  heavy 
curtain;  left  hand  corner  crown 
of  laurels,  right  hand  escut- 
cheon.    H.L.  r.     . 

16.  No  Inscription;  handsome  cos- 

tume ;  hat  with  drooping 
feathers.  Matchlock  in  right 
hand.  Army  in  ^background. 
>!  <x^»  r.  •        .        •        . 


Artist. 

Anon. 


Engraver. 


Location. 


Moncomet.     B.M. 


Anon. 


Moncomet.     Bod.  B.M. 


Anon. 

Anon. 
Anon. 


Anon. 

Anon. 
Anon. 


Bod. 

Bod. 
Bod. 


Anon. 
Anon. 


Anon. 
Anon. 


Bod. 
Bod. 


Iconography 


Anon. 


Gay  wood.      Bod.  B.M. 


17.  Charles  ye  1^  Proclaimed  King 

of  Gt  Britain  etc.  Worcester, 
23rd  Aug.  1 65 1.     Scarf.     1.  . 

18.  Redivio  Phoenici,  etc.,  in  armour, 

attended  by  symbolic  figures ; 
sun  rising  in  background. 
Phoenix  on  the  top  of  a  moun- 
tain.    H.L.* 

19.  In  Armour,  with  sash  and  trun- 

cheon. Sun  rising.  Fame 
crowning  him.     F.L.  1. 

20.  As  A  Child  ;  left  hand  holds  stick ; 

right,  hat ;  curtain  and  view  of 
Whitehall.  Dated  1649;  prob- 
ably  largely  circulated   then 
T.Q.L.  1.       .        .        . 
Four  states    . 
with  Latin  inscription     . 

Ditto,  without  Hollar's  name 

Ditto,  oval  head  only 

21.  CarolusdkTweede.   Jampot  hat 

and  feather  ;  armour.     British 

Museum  Cat.  says  **  wrongfully 

attributed"  to 

Three  versions  of  above 

Two  versions 

head  only  in  oval   . 

22.  With  Breastplate,   scarf,  and 

brocaded  sleeves,  r. 
T.Q.L.  of  above    . 
H.L.  in  oval 
Engraving  of  the  miniature  by 
S.  Cooper,  copied  from  above 
Reversed 
Ditto 

23.  Carolus  Secundus  Dei  Gratia, 

etc.  Small  oval;  draped  cur- 
tain i  crown  on  pedestal  . 


Artiit. 


Boocock. 


]  Engraver, 


Faithorne. 


Diepenbeeck. 


van  Dyck.        Hollar. 


Van  Dyck.       Ideurs. 


Hanneman. 


('ooper. 
Dankes. 

R.  Cooper. 
<  Haywood. 
.\jion. 


Location. 

B.  B.M. 


Diepenbeeck.    Hollar.  B.  B.M. 


Bod. 


Bod.  B.M. 
B. 

B.M. 
B.M. 


Bod. 
B.M. 
B.M. 


B.M. 
B.  B.M. 

B.M. 

Bod.  B.M. 
B.M. 


Anon. 
324 


Glover. 


Bod. 


.    Hock.  ]k)ulak. 

♦  Catalogued  at  B.M.  under  HolliJ. 


B.M. 


\k 


24.  Head,  pub.  by  Thane.     Armour 

25.  Carolus  Secundus  Dei  Gratia, 

etc.  Published  at  Brussels, 
1649.  Full  face ;  buttoned 
surtout.  Oval  surrounded  by 
emblems :  crown,  crossed 
swords  and  sceptre,  laurel 
and  bay 

26.  Carolus  II,  Mag.  Brit.  etc.   Oval. 

Armour;  clean-shaven.    Own 
hair.     H.  1.    .         .         .         . 
Ditto,  in  rich  border 

27.  Karel  de  II,  Koning  Van  Eng- 

land   Schotland    en    Yrland ; 

mounted  with  rich  trappings  ; 

shipping   in    background. 

Garter,  star  inaccurate.   Signed 
Ditto,  unsigned 
Ditto,  with  heath  as  background 

28.  Latin  Inscription,  three  verses. 

In  armour,  standing  on  pedestal, 
crowned  by  Jupiter  and  pro- 
tected by  Minerva*    F.L.  1.    . 
Ditto,  Proof  before  letters* 


MISCELLANEA 


Index 


Escaping  with  Jane  Lane  behind 

him  on  a  pillion 
Revealing  himself  to  the  Wynd- 

ham  family 


Gucht. 


Knight. 
*  Catalogued  at  B.M.  under  Hollar. 


END 


326 


Index 


Abbots  Leigh,  the  King's  sojourn  at,  37,  146 
Accounts  of  expenses  incurred  at  Worcester, 

241-50 
Ainsworth,  William  Harrison,  31 
Alford,  Captain  Gregory,  11 
—  -~,  narrative  ofthe  adventures  of  Charles 

II  in  West  Dorset,  189-93 
Alford,  Richard,  42 
Alford  family,  293-6 
Armorial  grants,  35 

B 

Baker,  Mr.  T.  H.,  his  Notes  on  the  History 

of  Mere,  200  n. 
Ballads  : 

The  Royal  Patient  Traveller,  93-7 
The  Wonderful  and  Miraculous  Escape 

of  Our  Gracious  King,  10 1-5 
The  Last  News  from  France,  213-5 
Battle  of  Worcester,  Parliamentarian  account 

ofthe,  299-301 
Berkley,  Lord,  156 
Blount's  Boscobelf  27,  29 
Bodleian  Library,  31,  109  n.,  265 
Boscobely  by  T.  Blount,  29 
Boscobel  House,  56,  60,  75,  76,  79,  118, 

123 
Boscobel  Tracts,  27 
Bradpole  village,  11,  14,  i6in.,  184  n.,  192, 

266-82 
Brighton,  or  Brightelmstone,  45,    46,    69, 

81,  139,  202,  203 
British  Museum,  the,  14,  31,  109  n. 
Broadley,  A.  M.,  and  Pouncy,  H.,  pageant 

by,  268-72 
Broadwindsor,  23,  43,  135 
Buckingham,  Duke  of,  56,  57,  75,  115,  116, 

119 
Bund,  Mr.  J.  W.  Willis,  21,  26,  28,  233-7 
Burney,  Fanny,  45,  46 


Carless,  Colonel  60-2, 64,  66,  77, 1 16, 1 23, 

Charles  II  :— 
his  horoscc 


329 


coronation 
march  fron 
proclaimed 
escapes  in 
Worces' 
103,  II 
takes  refuj 

123 
takes  refug 

123 

is  shorn  of 

acts  as  coo 

travels  witl 

69,  80, 

recognised 

hears  the  c 

his  deatl 

rejoicings  ; 

death,  1 

how  he  V 

travail, 
saved  by  1( 
places    at 
port,  13 
Brightel 
Windsor, 
mouth, 
Hamble 
House, 
Moselej 
Manor, 

43;    ^ 
Dieppe, 

140,   2( 

.  275-80 
his  itinerai 


of,  at  Scone,  in  1651,  17 

1  Scotland  into  England,  53 

King  at  Worcester,  53 

disguise  after  the  battle  of 

er,  56,  60,  76,  77,85-8,94, 

8 

e  in  a  wood,  57,  77,  120, 

?  in  an  oak  tree,  62,  79,  86, 

his  hair,  62,  63,  85,  118 

It,  65,  96 

1  Mrs.  Lane  as  her  servant, 

87,  88,  94,  95,  127 

by  a  butler,  97,  129,  149 

hurch  bells  rung  to  celebrate 

'.  131 

It  Trent  on  the  report  of  his 

55 

as    saved    by   a   woman    in 

35,  162,  185,  192 

ng  prayers,  136,  163,  191 

which  he  stayed  : — Brid- 
3,  192  ;  Bristol,  87-9,  96  ; 
mstone,  139,  202  ;  Broad- 

43,  161,  164,  192  ;  Char- 

32,  133;  Cirencester,  36; 
ton  House,  43  ;  Heale 
43»  137;  Madeley,  122; 
,  67,  80,  125  ;  Trent 
43,  132,  152;  Wamford, 
hiteladies,    56,    77,     126; 

69,  82,  97,  203  ;  Fecamp, 
7  ;    Rouen,  141.     See  also 

and  Map  facing  p«  275 
y,  44n.,  45,  46,  73-82 


CM.. 

k 


Index 


Charles  II  at  Brightelmstone,  paper  by  Mr. 

Frederick  Harrison,  257-62 
Charmouth,   plan    for    the    King's    escape 

arranged  at,   132-4,    156-60,    175-80, 

190,  265-6 
Churchwardens'  accounts  of  St.  Michael's, 

Worcester,  253-4 
Civil  War  in  WorcestershirCy  the,  2 1 
Clarendon,  Lord,  189,  265 
Clamtrum  Regale  Reseratum,  145-69 
Cleveland,  Earl  of,  55,  116,  120 
Coaxdon  Manor,  and  the  farthingale  tradition, 

40»  43 
Commemorative  Itinerary,   September  3-8, 

191 1,  275-80 
Commemorative  Pilgrimage,  September  3-9, 

1911,    14,    IS,    35,    45,    239,     255, 

283-9 
Conmgsby,  Juliana,  34,  43,  132,  133,  157, 

160,  168,  177,  190,  265,  268 
Conway,    Mr.    R.    R.,   and   the   Coaxdon 

tradition,  41 
Cook-maid  and  the  spit,  the,  36,  96 
Cox,  David,  as  a  sign-painter,  33 
"Crods  and  Peet,"  a  curious  corruption,  37 
Cromwell,  Oliver,  54,  55,  85,  90,  109-10, 

II2-13,  155 


Davenant,  Sir  William,  poem  by,  29 
Derby,  Earl  of,  55,  56,  75-7,  102,  112, 

1 1 7-1 9,  i24n. 
Dieppe,  the  King's  arrival  at,  69,  82,  97, 

203 
Drury  Lane,  "  The  Royal  Oak  "  produced 

at,  II 
Dunbar,  the  King's  forces  defeated  at,  109 


E 


Echard,  Lawrence,    his  History  of  England 

quoted,  200  n. 
Ellesdon,  or  Ellesden,  John,  156 
Ellesdon,     Ellesden,    or     Elsden,    Captain 

William,    42,    131,    133,    155,    157-9, 

164,  179,  189,  190 
—  —  letter  to  the  Earl  of  Clarendon,  173- 

86,  190,  192,  193,  265 


Ellesdon  family,  42,  293-6 

Elles-ion's  farm,  a  hiding-place  of  the  Kmg, 

I  If  12,  40,  265 
Esca})e  of  Charles  II  from  Worcester,  paper 

read  by  Mr.  J.  Willis  Bund,  233-7 


"  Faithful  Brothers,  the,"  27 

Farthingale  tradition,  the,  40 

Fea,  Mr.  Allan,  11,  29,  33,  109  n. 

Fecamp,  the  King  arrives  at,  140,  267 

Flight  of  Charles  II,  Commemorative  Itine- 
rary, 191 I,  275-80 

Flight  of  the  King,  by  Mr.  Allan  Fea,  1 1, 
29 

"  Footsteps  of  the  King,"  from  Worcester 
to  Brighton,  13-15 

Fuller,  Thomas,  his  account  of  the  "  Fatal 
Fight,"  23-6 

G 

Gadbury,  John,  prophecy  by,  20 

George  Inn,  the,  at  Brightelmstone,  1 5,  45, 

46 

at  Broadwindsor,  43 

at  Mere,  200  n. 

Gunter,  Colonel,  43  ;  secures  a  ship  for  the 

King  at  Brightelmstone,  138,  199,  202 

H 
Hamilton,  William,  Duke  of,  15,  28,  74, 

Harrison,  Mr.  Frederick,  paper  by,  257-62 
Healt;  House,  Salisbury  Plain,  43 
Henchman,  Humphrey,  Bishop  of  Salisbury 

and  of  London,  199,  201  n.,  202 
Hejmes,   Thomas,  poem   on  *' The    Royal 

Oak,"  31 
Hollar,  W.,  etchings  of  portraits  of  Charles 

II,  18 

I 

Incidents  of  the  King's  voyage  from  Brighton 

to  Fecamp,  140,  141 
IretoE,  Colonel,  no 
Items  relating  to  the  battle  of  Worcester, 

.253-4 
Itinerary  of  Charles  II,  44  n.,  45,  46,  73-82 


330 


Index 


Jackson,  Will ;  Jones,  Will,  aliases  of  the 
King,  36,  87,  265,  268 


Keith,  Sir  William,  73,  114 
King's  Head  Inn,  the,  at  Brighton,  45,  46 
King's  horse,  the,  and  the  suspicious  smith, 
136,  162-3,  181-2,  191 


Lambert,  General,  54,  85,  112 

Lane,  Colonel,  125,  127 

Lane,  Mrs.  Jane,  34-5,  86-7,  127,  130-1, 

146,  150,  152 
Lane,  Major-General  Ronald,  35 
Lassels,  Mr.,  149,  152-3 
"Last  News  from  France,  the,"  a  ballad, 

213-15 
Lauderdale,  Earl  of,  56,  75,  77,  117,  119 

Lee  Lane,  Bradpole,  ii,  12,  161  n.,  i84n., 

192,  268 
Leviston,  Lord,  119 
Limbry,  Stephen,  156,  158-9,  190,  296 
Lime,  plan  for  the  King  to  sail  from,  and  its 

failure,  132-4,  156-60,  175-80 
Little   Theatre,  Haymarket,  "The   Royal 

Oak  "  produced  at,  1 1 
Ljmie-Regis,  41 

M 

Marlborough,   Sarah,  Duchess  of,  and   the 

Boscobel  Oak,  31,  32 
Mawdesley,  Mr.  Frederick  L.,  13,  14 
Middleton,  Major-General,  73,  114 
"Miraculous  Divergence,"  the,  14,  135  n., 

161,  184,  265-7,  268-72 
Miraculum  BasiRkon,  14,  29,  109—42 
Monk,  General,  112 
Morland,  George,  as  a  sign-painter,  33 
Municipal  accounts  of  expenses  incurred  at 

Worcester,  241-50 
Mystic  number  666,  the,  229 


N 


Norton,  Sir  George,  37,  81,  128-30,  149 


O 


Orleans,  Duke  of,  22,  142 


Paris,  the  King  conducted  to,  142 
Parliament  and   tlieir  Armies,  narration  of 

their  proceedings,  21,  22 
Parliamentarian    axount    of   the    battle    of 

Worcester,  299-301 
Penderel,  various  spellings  of  the  name,  27, 

28 
Penderel  pension,  the,  12,  27,  28  n. 
Penderel,  William,  28,  30 
Penderel-Brodhuri  t,  Mr.  James,  12,  28 
Pendrill,  Mr.  Charles,  27  n. 
Pendrills,  Penderels,  or  Pendrells,  76-7,  79, 

118,  121,  123-4 
Phelipps,  Robert,  his  account  of  the  King's 

leaving  Trent  for  Brightelmstone,  197-203 
Phelipps  family,  tlie,  197  n. 
Phelips,  Colonel  Ldward,  167-8 
Phelips,  Colonel  iLobert,  167,  169 
Philips,  Colonel,    arranges   for   the    King's 

transportation  fram  Southampton,  138 
Pill,  and  its  connection  with  the  King,  37-8 
Poems  : 

His  Majesty' s  Miraculous  Preservation, 

219-20 
To  His  SacrKi  Majesty  Loyal  Reflec- 
tions, 223-4 
Pontefract  "Siege  Shilling,"  18 
Pouncy,  H.,  and   Broadley,  A.  M.,  pageant 

by,  268-72 
Proclamation  by  His  Majesty  Death,  228 


Queen  of  England,  22,  142 


Reception  of  the  King  at  Trent,  152 
Reward  of  ;^iooc  offered  for  the  betrayal  of 

the  King,  79,  159,  179,  265 
Round,  Mr.  J.  H.,  35  n.,  43  n.,  45-6 
Rouen,  the  King  it,  141,  203 
Roxburgh  Balladi,  "The  Last  News  from 

France,"  213- [5 
Royal  Arms,  the,  35  n. 
Royal  Lions,  the,  35 


331 


H 


Index 


"  Royal  Oak,  the,"  on  the  stage,  1 1,  1 2 
Royal  Oak,  the,  22-3,  28-33,  7o»  85-90, 

93,  104,  123 
Royal  Oak,  the,  first  Tersion  of  the  legend, 

21-3 
Royal  Oak,  the,  as  a  sign,  33 


St.  Leonard's,  Lord,  his  edition  of  Bescobely 

Salisbvuy,  the  Bishop  of,  visits  the  King  at, 

141 
Schut,  Cornelius,  portrait  of  Charles  II  by, 

18,  19 
Scone,  Charles  II  crowned  at,  53 
Scott,  Sir  Walter,  31 
Severn  River,  crossing  of  the,  113,  122 
Siege  Shilling  (Pontefract),  the,  18 
S<Mag  of  Thanksgiving,  207-10 
Southampton,  project  to  saU  from,  198-9 
Spackman,  Mr.   F.  J.,  21,    26-7;    paper 

read  by,  241-50 
Strangways,  Colonel  Giles,  189 
Strangways,  Sir  John,  154-5 
Strickland,  Agnes,  31-2 
Sun  Inn,  the,  at  Cirencester,  36 
Symonds  bowl,  the,  44  n. 


Talbot,  Lord,  56,  75,  77,  117,  119 

Tattersall,  Nicholas,  captain  of  the  "  Sur- 
prise," 47-8,  81,  139,  202,  266 

Tattersall,  or  Tettersall,  pedigree  of  the 
family,  47 

Thanksgiving,  song  of,  207-10 

Tombs,  Mr.  John,  36 

Tombs  family,  36  n. 


Trent,  a  hiding-place  of  the  King,  38,  40, 

132,  146,  150,  152-69,  265 
Tuik's  Head  broadside,  the,  29,  81  n. 


Van  Diepenbeeck,  Abraham,  portrait  of 
Charles  II  by,  18,  19 

W 

Wesley,  or  Westley,  Benjamin,  great-grand- 
father of  John  Wesley,  41,  136,  163, 
182,  191 

Wesley  family,  the,  296 

West  Dorset  Pageant,  the,  14,  15,  263,  268 

Whiteladiesy  29,  51-70 

Wbiteladies,  the  house,  118,  124,  126 

Willis  Bund,  Mr.  J.  W.,  21,  26,  28  ;  paper 

by,  233-7 

WiJmot,  Lord,  43,  57-8,  68-9,  75,  78-81, 
86,  117,  124-5,  127,  130-2,  134,  137, 
139-40,  1 50- 1,  156-8,  1 60- 1,  164-6, 
177,  197,  265-8 

Worcester,  battle  of,  21,  23,  26-7,  54-5, 
73-5,  85,  94»  "3-16,  235-7 

Worcester,  description  of,  233-7 

—  the  King's  arrival  at,  53,  73,  m 

—  tiie  King's  stay  in,  27 

Worthies  of  England^  by  Thomas  Fuller,  23 
Wyndham,  Anne,  author  of  Claustrum  Regale 

Reseratum,  39,  40 
Wyndham,    Colonel,    43,    130-1,    133-5, 

149-51,  155-7,  159,  165-6,  174,  177, 

179,  184,  189-90,  197,  265,  268 
Wyndham,  Sir  Hugh,  192-3 
Wy  ndham.  Sir  Thomas,  remarkable  discourse 

to  his  five  sons,  153 
Wyndham  family,  the,  entries  m  the  parish 

registers,  39 


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